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Achieving world-class perceived vehicle quality through improved engineering and manufacturing tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Throughout the vehicle development process, automotive manufacturers must work to meet a variety of customer needs. One increasingly important attribute is vehicle exterior perceived quality, which is largely dependent on ...
Leading a lean transformation in the wake of a disaster
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Through a disaster, a company is presented with an opportunity to leverage the momentum from recovery efforts to drastically change the way business is conducted. In the case of Raytheon's Solid State Microwave division, ...
Batch sizing strategy & production load leveling in a multi-step chemical manufacturing process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In the last couple of years Eastman Kodak Company went through major changes in its strategic direction. The same disruptive technologies that they helped develop for digital imaging have shaped a new industry, and the ...
Vertical integration and strategic sourcing in the biopharmaceutical industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Biopharmaceutical companies are focusing on operational efficiency more than ever before due to cost pressures, generic competition, complex pricing, regulations, and globalization. Due to the low probabilities of success ...
Delivery optimization for a make to order custom wire mill
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In the face of growing competition in the Tantalum business, H.C.Starck's management is minimizing the delivery time for custom-made capacitor-grade tantalum wire products. H.C. Starck, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts faces ...
Analyzing and improving throughput of Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems in personal computer manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The content of this thesis draws heavily on work completed during a 6.5 month MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) internship at Dell Corporation's personal computer manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee (EG1) from ...
Impact of inventory storage and retrieval schemes on productivity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The operational management of high volume, multi-line distribution warehouses is a monumental undertaking, which only a handful of companies in the world have chosen to tackle. Amazon.com is amongst the few, and has further ...
Level loading and cross docking in a global logistics network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
There are various reasons why companies manufacture their goods in different areas of the world. These reasons include: lower labor costs, emerging markets, tax and tariff considerations, and intellectual property issues. ...
Optimizing the closures development process using the design structure matrix
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Product development processes are inherently complex sets of activities that involve a vast number of connections between participants. Engineers, designers, marketers, financial analysts, and manufacturers all have to ...
Application of critical chain principles to improve microprocessor technology ramps
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Across Intel's microprocessor production there exists high variability on new technology process tools meeting standard, installation and qualification (I/Q) schedule durations. To reduce project schedule variability and ...