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A process for improving early life failure response
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Lean principles, behaviors and implementation strategies for the automotive product design and development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This thesis applies lean enterprise principles to the product development process at Ford Motor Company. Based on an internship, the author conducted a detailed study of three Ford product development sub-processes: head ...
Improving forecast accuracy and use
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Enterprise strategy : leveraging the dynamics and behaviors in a supply chain for operational excellence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Concurrently designing a physical production system and an information system in a manufacturing setting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The advancement of information technology in manufacturing requires process architects to refine their procedures used to design new manufacturing systems. No longer can these designers implement a physical production ...
Constraint analysis and throughput improvement at an automotive assembly plant
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Management of supply chain costs associated with part proliferation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Lean enterprise distribution tactics with customer supply chain integrations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Strategic outsourcing model : decision support for determining supply chain structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Outsourcing is becoming the norm in business today. This is a natural insight from the management philosophy of the 80's and early 90's of doing only what is "Core" to the business. A company, if their main focus is to ...
Implementing a new organization to manage manufacturing technology innovation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The purpose of this research is to provide an academic, external perspective to facilitate the implementation and development of a new internal organization for Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) with a focus on strategy and ...