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Implementing various lean methodologies and creating a business development plan at an ABB Greenfield site
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
As part of its strategic initiatives, ABB inaugurated a 100,000 sq-m campus for an Engineering, Sourcing, and Manufacturing Operations center in San Luis Potosi (SLP), Mexico in May 2008. The ramp-up of the SLP site ...
A framework for developing, manufacturing, and sourcing trucks & equipment in a global fluid management industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Selecting and executing the optimal strategy for developing new products is a non trivial task, especially for low volume, high complexity products in a highly volatile global industry such as Fluid Management. At Fluid ...
Making real-time precision adjustments to world-wide chip production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Intel has recently embarked on a mission to improve its supply chain responsiveness. Currently production lead times are around 4 months requiring a forecast a quarter out. Most customer demand changes happen within lead ...
An effective approach to choosing project, program and portfolio management software at a large and geographically diverse company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Selecting and deploying an IT tool can be very complicated and expensive. This paper studies a particular approach to choosing project, program and portfolio management software at one large and geographically diverse ...
Impact of retail sales and outsourced manufacturing on a build-to-order supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Dell Inc. has undertaken a major transformation in strategy since the return of its founder, Michael Dell as company CEO in January 2007. One major aspect of this new strategy is a renewed focus on the consumer market, ...
Process Improvement in Biotech : Dealing with High Complexity Processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Across numerous conventional manufacturing sites, process improvement initiatives have been shown to increase production capabilities while decreasing costs - all without a required system- wide overhaul of the manufacturing ...
Development of international supply chain strategies to support global sourcing and manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Globalization in sourcing and manufacturing is expected to offer several different kinds of benefits. Globalized companies can produce products at cheaper costs by accessing cheaper resources and they can be close to the ...
Understanding the effects of larger wafers on the global semiconductor equipment supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis examines how an investment in 450mm wafers might affect capital equipment suppliers in the semiconductor industry and assesses if the 450mm transition is in the industry's best interest. The 450mm transition ...
Standardizing and improving test wafer processes : inventory optimization and a days of inventory pull system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Over the past few years, the Intel Fab-17 facility has aggressively pursued lean methodology to reduce the manufacturing costs associated with its aging 200mm diameter wafer process. One area ripe with improvement opportunities ...
Modeling variability for biologics strategic planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Making strategic decisions about resource capabilities in the uncertain business of drug development is a challenging task. Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, is expanding from its success in small molecule therapeutics ...