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Helicopter final assembly critical path analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Helicopter final assembly involves the installation of hundreds of components into the aircraft and takes thousands of man-hours. Meeting production targets such as total build days and total aircraft man-hours can be ...
Enterprise level value stream mapping and analysis for aircraft carrier components
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Northrop Grumman Newport News is committed to implementing lean on the enterprise level. This thesis is focused around work toward creating a global, high-level information and material value stream map for a specified ...
Strategic raw material inventory optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The production of aerospace grade titanium alloys is concentrated in a relatively small number of producers. The market for these materials has always been cyclical in nature. During periods of high demand, metal producers ...
Implementing pull production within an aerospace assembly operation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis presents a detailed analysis of lean implementation at Hamilton Sundstrand, a global supplier of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products. The main objective of the internship was to convert ...
Lean manufacturing at a tier-1 automotive supplier
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The road to lean manufacturing has been long and hard for many companies. Intrigue Corporation is no exception. The company first introduced its version, the Intrigue Lean Manufacturing System, approximately ten years ago. ...
Process improvement and inventory management using value stream mapping in a biopharmaceutical environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis describes the formulation of short-term and mid-term operational excellence strategies through the use of value stream mapping. It is shown that many interconnected issues form a backdrop for seemingly independent ...
Predictive analytics for inventory in a sporting goods organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Inventory management for retail companies has become increasingly more important in recent years as competition grows and new supply chain models are implemented. Inventory levels have implications on not only the financial ...
Diagnosing intensive care units and hyperplane cutting for design of optimal production systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis provides a new framework for understanding how conditions, people, and environments of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) effect the likelihood the preventable harm will happen to a patient in the ICU. Two years of ...
Improving the manufacturing yield of investment cast turbine blades through robust design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The manufacturing of turbine blades is often outsourced to investment casting foundries by aerospace companies that design and build jet engines. Aerospace companies have found that casting defects are an important cost ...
Integrated decision support model for global sourcing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Over the last decade, the U.S. aircraft industry has experienced increasing levels of international integration as companies seek to access global talent and resources, cut production costs, spread financial risk, and ...