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Improve the lead time for the medium wheel loader using core configuration and delayed product differentiation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis proposes a supply chain model to improve the lead time for Caterpillar Medium Wheel Loaders in the North America market. The Medium Wheel Loaders division is undergoing many commercial value chain challenges: ...
Designing and Implementing Hard Drive Inventory Policies for Enterprise Computing Solutions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Historically, the Storage business unit of the Dell-EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) has maintained large inventory buffers to deal with high demand uncertainty and minimize part shortages. High product configurability ...
Closed loop supply chain waste reduction through predictive modelling and process analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Verizon distributes Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as set top boxes, broadband routers, and WiFi extenders to Fios customers via a variety of paths; for example: direct ship to customer (either for self-install or ...
A systems-based analysis method for safety design in rocket testing controllers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Boeing is the prime contractor for building the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Launch System (SLS) core stage for upcoming exploration missions beyond low earth orbit. Due to the rigorous demands ...
Standardization of workflow in a large distribution center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The retail industry is shifting to enable companies to respond faster to consumer demand and expectations. For any retail company, this requires speed in their supply chain from new product generation to final order delivery. ...
RPK growth modeling for passenger airlines using network-related variables
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
On average, an airline starts to place orders or aircraft within 3 - 10 years before the expected delivery date. During this time, there could be changes given the natural response of the airlines to continuously refine ...
Characterization, prediction, and mitigation of Code Help events at Massachusetts General Hospital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis suggests a method to characterize congestion alarms triggered by the Emergency Department (ED) at Massachusetts General Hospital, attempts to predict the incidence of these alarms using logistic regression, and ...
Designing internal logistics processes for new manufacturing site
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The Boeing Company is the world's largest aerospace company and is constantly evaluating improvement opportunities to the production system. It is of ongoing interest to the company to have to tools to assess new manufacturing ...
Modeling manufacturing on-time delivery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Historically, Company X has undertaken multiple projects to improve On-time Delivery (OTD) goals but not all of these have resulted in significantly improved performance. As a government contractor, Company X is evaluated ...
Improving project timelines using Al / ML to detect forecasting errors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This project focuses on the creation of a novel tool to detect and flag potential errors within Amgen's capacity management forecast data, in an automated manner using statistical analysis, artificial intelligence and ...