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Managing a global supply chain with durable arm's-length supplier relationships
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Rapidly changing technology and increased competition have made supply chain management and purchasing more and more critical in determining a companies competitiveness. Many industrial firms spend more than one half of ...
Internet-based rapid customer feedback for design feature tradeoff analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
In an increasingly competitive consumer products market, companies are striving to create organizations, processes, and tools to reduce the product development cycle time. As product development teams strive to develop ...
Measuring machine interference to evaluate an operator cross-training program
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Integrating enterprise resource planning and lean manufacturing at an automotive components supplier
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Avoiding the perils of cyclic growth on Dell's direct environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The high technology industry suffers from a phenomenon that is common to many businesses and industries throughout the world - a "hockey-stick" demand skew. Such a skew derives its name from the shape of the quarterly ...
Implementing material and information flow improvements and setup time reduction in automotive gear machining
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis is based on the author's seven-month internship based in the gears machining module of the Saturn Powertrain, Transmission Manufacturing plant. This module has four primary functional areas with buffers between ...
External kanban systems in automotive assembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
For the past two decades, rising customer expectations and increased global competition have forced automotive manufacturers around the world to significantly improve the efficiency of their production operations. One ...
Product development process assessment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
For many companies, new product development is a major component of growth. For many luxury goods, such as high-end automobiles, watches, or furniture, product development organizations focus on quality and ultimately, ...
Modeling design rework in a product development process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Managing the product development process is of vital concern to corporations. A critical aspect of product development that negatively impacts program cost and timing is rework. Unfortunately, in large organizations with ...
Developing strategies for system assembly, flexible labor, and inventory in the electronic manufacturing services industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)