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Reducing intraday patient wait times through just-in-time bed assignment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the oldest and largest hospital in New England as well as the original and largest teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School. The neuroscience units experience patient flow ...
Exploring barriers, enablers,jJustification and planning methods for total productive maintenance implementation in automated production of commercial airplanes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The 737 program is currently producing 42 airplanes per month and will increase that production rate to 47 per month by 2017 and 52 per month in 2018 [1] [2]. In order to help meet these rates Boeing plans to increase the ...
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 ...
Value stream financial modeling for improved production decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Understanding the overall impact of a decision in a manufacturing system can be challenging given the complex production and financial structures in today's companies. While knowing the direct result of a local change may ...
Allocation strategy for production network designed to mitigate risk
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Amgen Inc. currently manufactures, formulates and fills substantially all of their global drug product units in a single primary facility ("Site 1A"). Concerned about the inherent risks posed by the geographic concentration ...
Segmentation strategies for managing retail supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
High-technology manufacturing companies often face rapid price decline and capacity constraints. Especially in the retail side of the business where the supply chain is much longer and revenue is sometimes not recognized ...
Optimization-based decision support system for retail souring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Some of the biggest challenges in the retail sourcing lie in predicting demand for a new article and making purchase decisions such as quantity, source, transportation mode and time of the order. Such decisions become more ...
Fulfillment supply chain strategy evaluation : understanding cost drivers through comprehensive logistics modeling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The fulfillment supply chain consists of all activities associated with packing, storing, and transporting a product from the manufacturer to the customer. In the global environment, it is a challenge to accurately measure ...
Improving the Boeing 787 final assembly corrective action process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis evaluates and then recommends improvements to the process used to correct errors found in the Boeing 787 final assembly operations, known as the corrective action process. The goal is to reduce the time and ...
Process management applications in biopharmaceutical drug production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Genzyme's manufacturing and supply chain organization is responsible for the production and delivery of medically necessary medicines for patients with rare diseases around the world. Because of the nature of the products ...