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Reducing the cost of quality (COQ) through increased product reliability and reduced process variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Today, Dell, Inc. (Dell) spends millions of dollars each year to prevent product defects from reaching the end customer and to manage those product defects that have escaped to the end customer. The cost of the equipment, ...
Spray drying as part of the continuous manufacturing value proposition at Novartis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Novartis Technical Operations is considering a complete overhaul of their manufacturing processes. To date, all drugs have been made by using a batch process. In an attempt to lower costs, Novartis is evaluating moving ...
Measurement and control of brake pedal feel quality in automobile manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Customer perception of brake pedal feel quality, as related to the perception of the brake pedal feeling soft or mushy, depends on both the customer's subjective judgment of quality and the actual build quality of the brake ...
Using and extended enterprise model to increase responsiveness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
OEMinc's new business model is a dramatic departure from that used in the past. The company has moved steadily upstream in the supply chain, leaving more and more of the manufacturing effort to suppliers. Literature shows ...
Product design for supply chain : quantifying the costs of complexity in Hewlett-Packard's retail desktop PC business
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Over the past several years, Hewlett-Packard Company's North America Consumer Computing (NACC) division has faced pressures to increase retail product variety in response to growing customer demand. As they pursue incremental ...
Implementation of a manufacturing process platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
As companies grow and innovate, they offer an increasing number of products. Product proliferation must be managed through a product development process, which is supported by key competencies of the company in the form ...
Seisan! ... Ichi ... Ni ... San! : the kick of Design for Six Sigma in the automotive industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
In today's aggressive business environment, many manufacturing firms are searching for new strategies or methodologies that will provide some type of competitive advantage. Recently, in order to address that issue, the ...
Framework for developing a co-production strategy in a vertically integrated operation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Boeing Company is consolidating its operations for their wing components in order to be more profitable during lower production volumes due to higher utilization rates. In order to support higher production rates moving ...
Material evaluation and selection processes to enable design for manufacture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In order to optimize product designs it is necessary to quickly evaluate many candidate materials in terms of performance and processing costs. Evaluation using physical prototypes yields concrete results but is time ...
Optimization of chemical reagent storage and distribution at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research is the drug discovery arm of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Drug discovery is generally considered to be the primary driver for success in the pharmaceutical industry. Success in ...