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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Developing a circumstance-based innovation strategy for a midsized aerospace manufacturer : fostering intrapreneurship, opening boundaries, and seeding disruption
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis derives a seven-stage methodology and presents a case study for developing an actionable innovation strategy for manufacturing firms. The methodology is based around a careful examination of their firm's ...
Information management using Web 2.0 technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Web 2.0, the ultimate platform for tacit based knowledge work has finally arrived. User driven, collaborative platform based tools including wikis, web mash-ups, discussion boards, linkage based search engines, and tagging ...
Lean Transformations in Supply Chain, the autocatalytic nature of lean principles, and tactics for implementing lean tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Expanding Lean principles beyond the manufacturing floor, ultimately to entail a comprehensive Lean Enterprise, has gained increasing attention among corporations. This thesis entails a detailed case study of initiating a ...
Program management systems for the semiconductor processing capital equipment supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The Capital Equipment Procurement group of Intel Corporation is responsible for developing and procuring the semiconductor processing capital equipment that is used throughout all of the company's development and manufacturing ...
Application of variation risk management processes in commercial aircraft design and manufacture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Companies and academics have known for many years that reducing variation in production processes can decrease production cost, increase product quality, and have substantial impact on overall profitability. Tools to help ...
Designing a strategic sourcing process for low volume, high technology products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is a capital equipment manufacturer for the semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry is evidenced by a volatile business cycle that follows the traditional bullwhip effect - that is, ...
Supply chain packaging : packaging for optimal inter-region distribution center operations and damage prevention
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Honeywell International Corporation is a $27.5 billion [1] conglomerate with a diverse portfolio of businesses covering Aerospace, Automation and Controls, Specialty Materials and Transportation. Honeywell's Automation and ...