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Ergonomic product and process design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Ergonomic injuries are not the result of acute events. An ergonomic injury develops gradually from continued actions combining force, motion repetition, posture, and duration. Because these injuries accrue over time, it ...
Smoothing of pipe system completion processes in a shipyard environment/
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Due to a number of different production issues, the manufacture of template pipes is often delayed. These delays hold up pipe system completion on board the ships in production and can delay payments from the Ministry of ...
Solving a corrosion quality problem at a major US automaker
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This project addresses a corrosion quality problem at an automaker. The problem, hem flange corrosion, involves the appearance of red rust along edges of closure panels (doors, hoods, deck lids, etc) after three to four ...
Reducing the cost of quality (COQ) through increased product reliability and reduced process variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Today, Dell, Inc. (Dell) spends millions of dollars each year to prevent product defects from reaching the end customer and to manage those product defects that have escaped to the end customer. The cost of the equipment, ...