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A predictive approach for identifying high performance factories
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Li and Fung, the world's largest apparel sourcing company, is facing rapid changes as customers demand lower prices and faster development cycles. To support the transformation of the supply chain, data analytics is used ...
Developing a data-driven approach for improving operating room scheduling processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In the current healthcare environment, the cost of delivering patient care is an important concern for hospitals. As a result, healthcare organizations are being driven to maximize their existing resources, both in terms ...
Determining suitable monetization approaches for mobile phone applications within the smart phones industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Smart Phone Ecosystems revolve around developers, applications and users. One of Nokia's own platforms, the S40, targets the low end of the smart phone market. Nokia's Content & Ecosystem Sourcing group is constantly looking ...
Implementing postponement into low-volume/high-variability manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Aircraft Company X (AX) manufactures and assembles an immense variety of parts utilized as drive systems and rotor components across its multiple aircraft. The company's value proposition is maintaining the ability to build ...
Measurement and prediction of inpatient case manager workload in a tertiary hospital setting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A patient's care needs often extend past discharge from an acute hospital setting. At Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), inpatient case managers, acting in a discharge planning capacity, help develop and coordinate the ...
Scheduling a global engine maintenance network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis addresses the allocation of gas turbine aircraft engines to maintenance facilities. Scheduling a global engine maintenance network can be very complex and challenging. This project pertains particularly to the ...
Accelerating the onboarding of a new factory partner
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Nike established the Advanced Manufacturing team to create a future of manufacturing that will be able to better meet growing customer expectations, battle rising costs of production, and unlock new design capabilities. ...
Program scheduling : decreasing flow by back-scheduling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The Boeing 737 program has announced that they will continue to increase their production rate from 42 airplanes per month to eventually 52 airplanes per month. In order for the field to accommodate the increased production ...
Optimizing emergency response crew allocation during earthquakes to improve restoration time
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Northern California and specially the San Francisco Bay Area where PG&E operates is very susceptible to earthquakes. United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates a 63 percent chance that a magnitude-6.7 or larger ...