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Understanding supply chain trade-offs through models and scenario planning with a focus on postponement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The two objectives of this project were to develop an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the supply chain of a family of currently marketed products manufactured overseas and distributed/sold worldwide ...
Uncovering opportunities for cost containment and operational improvements via shared practices between device manufacturer and hospital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Background: Medical device manufacturers (suppliers) and hospitals (providers) face financial and operational stressors exacerbated by recent healthcare reform. Providers now face the prospect of decreased reimbursements ...
Supplier inventory and operations management process improvement methodology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The Building Construction Products (BCP) Division of Caterpillar makes 12 different loader, excavator, and tractor products with 10 manufacturing facilities worldwide. With relatively high volume machines, BCP saw that ...
Optimized distribution supply chain for improved customer service
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
In an attempt to attract consumers, companies are offering an increasingly wide range of product varieties to cater to each consumers individual needs and desires. This behavior leads to fragmentation of demand that increases ...
Reducing government proposal procurement process complexity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
US Aerospace Defense Vehicle Manufacturer (UADVM) sells Assembled Complex Equipment to the US Government through multi-year contracts. According to the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), such government defense contracts ...
New approach to drug product process design : leveraging first principles modeling and cross-product process monitoring to improve process design robustness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Abstract The vision of the Operations Technology Group at Amgen is to enable a robust pipeline through focused and efficient operations research studies. Process design is traditionally developed by performing experiments, ...
Impact of distributed generation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on the Massachusetts transmission system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
After reaching 250 megawatt direct current (MW dc) of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation installed in Massachusetts (MA) in 2013, four years ahead of schedule, Governor Deval Patrick in May of 2013 announced an increase ...
The Johnson and Johnson journey deploying SmartOps for multi-echelon inventory optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Multi-echelon inventory technology enables firms to significantly reduce inventory costs. It gives managers the ability to make tradeoffs based on information from the entire supply chain, which results in a more powerful ...
Service based logistics optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis explores the use of a service based logistics optimization (SBLO) methodology for an inbound reverse logistics network. Currently, Quest Diagnostics solves the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) ...
Using lean enterprise principles to drive quality and on time delivery to customers : a study of the Honeywell Aerospace Engine Assembly and Test Center of Excellence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Honeywell Aerospace has been a leader in manufacturing high quality engines to customers for decades. With engine and auxiliary power unit (APU) growth of-9% in 2005, and projected growth similar or greater for 2006, ...