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Inventory management for drug discovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This thesis documents a study carried out at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge, MA. The study focused on the development of inventory management processes for laboratory consumables. The ...
Evaluating shortage costs in a dynamic environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Dell's Direct Business Model and its global supply chain are the foundations of the company's success. These strategies, however, bring about problems such as long inbound supply lead times and hard-to-predict site-level ...
Challenges faced by a global team : the case of the Tool Reuse Program at Intel®
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The semiconductor industry is characterized by a high cost of capital equipment and fast change in process technology. Therefore Intel ® Corporation as the world's largest semiconductor company has a significant advantage ...
Lean concepts in customer care : adding value and reducing waste with proactive order status messaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Information technology (IT), operational efficiency, and a strong relationship with customers are three critical components to Dell's success over the last twenty four years. Information technology throughout Dell's history ...
Accelerating time-to-market in the global electronics industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In today's electronics industry, fast time-to-market (TTM) and time-to-profit (TTP) is key to customer satisfaction and firm competitiveness. Optimizing the product development and new product introduction (NPI) process ...
Re-sourcing manufacturing processes in metal forming operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Deciding which activities to conduct in-house and which to outsource has become increasingly important due to its implications on a company's supply chain and overall business model. A number of factors can lead a company ...
Supply chain design and site selection for the expansion of international manufacturing capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The research conducted for this thesis was performed at "Company X", a U.S.-based engineered goods manufacturer. This project focused on Company X's overall manufacturing strategy, with an emphasis on how global expansion ...
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) evaluation strategy for customer fulfillment centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a wireless technology that can be used to track inventory labeled with microchip-embedded identifiers communicating passively with scanners without operator involvement. This ...
A core competency model for aligning information technology with business objectives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Advances in Information Technology and Information Systems delivery over the past decades have restructured industries and created enormous value. Interestingly however, research shows companies traditionally have a very ...
Analysis of the effect of planning/design phase factors on rework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Over the past several years, Raytheon has experienced great growth in their revenue and sales. One of the contributing organizations to that growth has been the Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business sector. To continue ...