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Barriers to implementation of new programs and pedagogies in K-12 STEM Education : a systems perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The continued usage of poor pedagogies in K-12 classrooms, despite large pressures for teachers to change their practice, points towards systematic barriers to change. In the last few decades, there has been a national ...
System design and architecture of an online, adaptive, and personalized learning platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The author proposes that personalized learning can be brought to traditional and nontraditional learners through a new type of asynchronous learning platform called Guided Learning Pathways (GLP). The GLP platform allows ...
An analysis of robustness and flexibility in freight transportation systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Freight transportation is a complex large scale system that operates under a highly dynamic and uncertain environment. Due to the scale and complexity of the system, a highly interdependent set of decisions are made across ...
Goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Companies have been constantly trying for ways and means to improve R&D performance as it is one of the most important competitive advantage tools of an organization. Literature review on R&D performance improvement suggests ...
Continuous improvement at a multinational company : dealing with uncertainty in the global supply chain and analyzing implementation dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis explores the problem of global supply chain flexibility in the context of a multinational commonly that we refer to as Company X. Company X faces competitive markets, increasingly demanding customers, and ...
A systems approach to reducing utility billing errors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Many methods for analyzing the possibility of errors are practiced by organizations who are concerned about safety and error prevention. However, in situations where the error occurrence is random and difficult to track, ...
Coolhunting and Coolfarming : harnessing the power of collaborative innovation networks using social network analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Email, Instant Messaging, Voice Over IP (VOIP) and other means of online communication have become so ubiquitous today that we rarely take a moment to acknowledge how the internet has changed and redefined the ways in which ...
Data-driven risk assessment for truckload service providers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Non-asset backed third-party logistics companies provide shippers access to a flexible source of capacity through transportation carrier spot market. The increased volatility in the trucking spot market rates is turning ...
The impact of installed base and machine failure prediction on spare parts forecasting and inventory planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Recent advances in technological capability and economics have opened up a new world of capability known as the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things is the concept that all machines can be connected to the ...
Perfecting visibility with retailer data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis investigates the utility of using retailer point of sales (POS) data in the production planning process of a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing company. The quantitative measurements of utility include ...