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Developing a use case for implementing modular engineering at portfolio companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Modular engineering allows the creation of a product architecture that prepares the product families of companies for a fast response to changes in technology and customer demand. This thesis will focus on developing and ...
Development of a sustainable transmission structure replacement and maintenance strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis proposes methods to both estimate optimal aggregate investment levels for a system of transmission towers by means of an integrated corrosion and failure simulation as well as a method to identify specific ...
Reducing wave cycle time at a multi-channel distribution center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Traditional brick and mortar retailers are being forced to adapt as consumer preferences shift towards online shopping. In response, many retailers are developing infrastructure and processes to handle the increased service ...
Improvement of cleaning effectiveness through Statistical Process Control in active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis presents work that was done to improve the effectiveness of cleaning processes at an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing site that was in the phase of engineering trials and cleaning cycle ...
Leveraging smart system design to collect and analyze factory production data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Li & Fung deals with many factories that are very geographically dispersed. These facilities generally do not have the capital available to invest in new technologies and processes, and the extremely manual nature of garment ...
Optimizing Verizon distribution center and logistics operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The recent surge of direct-to-customer (DTC) orders in the retail industry has increasingly put pressure on omni-channel retailers' supply chain networks to offer faster and cheaper delivery while maintaining their supply ...
Fulfillment center storage optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Warehouses and fulfillment centers have traditionally been designed to handle bulk orders of pallet and cases. The growth in e-commerce is demanding operational improvements for efficient storage of large selections and ...
Demand prediction modeling for utility vegetation management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis proposes a demand prediction model for utility vegetation management (VM) organizations. The primary uses of the model is to aid in the technology adoption process of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) ...
Predicting department of medicine inpatients' discharges at US hospitals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
In the last few years, US hospitals have faced severe challenges with bed capacity management that leads to capacity congestion. Delivering patients to the right bed at the right time is very important to patient care ...
Multi-tier supply chain assessment of garment environmental sustainability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Li & Fung is a global, leading trading firm that connects manufacturing vendors with retailers. Li & Fung is responsible for the supply of beauty products, furniture, and apparel, with the majority of sales in the apparel ...