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Financing for growth in additive manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Digital fabrication technologies have been improving their capabilities and competitiveness steadily over the past decade and may be approaching an inflection point in their enterprise adoption. However, several important ...
Application of bi-directional ICT channels to increase livelihoods for artisans in rural India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The handicraft industry is the second largest employer in rural India after agriculture, and has been the fastest-growing export growth sector since India's liberalization in 1991. Today, however, millions of artisans face ...
Organizational architecture design and assessment of statistical feasibility for FSDA implementation in an airplane subassembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Boeing is a ubiquitous name and prominent leader in the aerospace industry, maintaining dominance in part by continuously seeking to improve. Boeing is now embracing a charter to become a Global Industrial Champion in ...
Container removal and replacement automation : design and development of robotic work cells for warehouse automation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Amazon has grown at a rapid pace. In 2018, Amazon retail sales amounted to $141.92B, up 19.7% from the previous year. The number of units shipped through its Prime program alone grew by 20% from 5 billion the previous year ...
Data driven manufacturing risk assessment for turbine engine programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Waste and uncertainty can be managed at all levels of a production process from a program level down to a single step in a manufacturing cell, and is done by assessing risk. Risk is defined as uncertainty in the ability ...
Project-based manufacturing : an approach for quote development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Project-based manufacturing presents unique challenges that highly automated and repetitive production lines do not face. Highly automated production lines do not have much variation in the types of products that are made, ...
Digital business model development and validation for real-time monitoring solution for electrical power transformers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Currently, the health of high-value power transformers is primarily evaluated by visual inspections, oil sample analysis conducted by a third-party lab, and measurements taken by a mechanic physically present at the ...