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The effects of part commonality on product development lead time
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Nortel Networks, a leading global supplier of telecommunications equipment, is engaged in an increasingly competitive global market place. Within this market, Nortel Networks is positioning itself as the leader of global ...
The China advantage : a competitive analysis of Chinese high-tech industries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The emergence of China as a rising economic power has surprised many pundits and commentators around the world. It first gained its status as one of the largest manufacturing centers in the world, creating companies from ...
Standards in the data storage industry : emergence, sustainability, and the battle for platform leadership
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In order to cope with the continuous increase of magnetically stored data and of mission critical dependence on this data, storage systems must similarly increase in their functionality offerings, and with that, their ...
Applying impact based incentives for idea generation in R&D projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Innovation is a key factor for sustainable competitiveness, and idea generation in Research and Development is an essential part of it. In the present study, we focus on a specific process that intends to inhibit some ...
Screening vulnerabilities in water supply networks : risk analysis of infrastructure systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The extreme importance of critical infrastructures to modern society is widely known. Recognizing that society cannot afford the costs associated with absolute protection, it is necessary to prioritize the vulnerabilities ...
An evolution of the state of affairs of grid computing : current and future projections
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Grid computing has a potential market opportunity of $12 billion by 2007 [6] and recent business strategy alignment to support Grid Computing by the major vendors like IBM, SUN, Oracle and others has resulted in high ...
An analysis of retention issues of scientists, engineers, and program managers in the US Air Force
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The United States Air Force is having a difficult time retaining their technical officers, who are critical to the success of their research, development, and acquisitions of major military and defense systems. A statistical ...
A system perspective on warranty problems within a supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Warranty is important financially to American manufacturers, especially automotive companies. Carmakers and suppliers must work aggressively to improve their warranty management approach as warranty cost often equals or ...
Complexity reduction in automotive design and development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Automobiles are complex products. High product complexity drives high levels of design and process complexity and complicatedness. This thesis attempts to reduce complicatedness in the automotive vehicle design and development ...
System dynamics approach to understand the role of information technology in the evolution of next generation integrated product development systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
For the automotive industry, to be competitive in the market place has to devise many strategies. Some of the prominent strategies include and are not limited to, reduction of development costs by moving in-house work to ...