Browsing Theses - Sloan School of Management by Title
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Abb Inc. medium-voltage products' supply chain analysis, including inventory, supplier scorecard, and risk assessments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In conformance with ABB's process excellence plan, this thesis study was undertaken to support improvements in on-time delivery of components, decreased order cycles, and reduced inventory levels for ADVAC (spring-mechan ... -
Academic adaptation : historical study of a civil engineering department in a research-oriented university.
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Accelerating digital health innovation : analyzing opportunities in the healthcare innovation ecosystem
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)There has recently been a dramatic increase in demand for healthcare innovation. In this thesis we present a framework for analyzing a digital health innovation ecosystem in the US. Our framework consists of four key ... -
Accelerating government R&D with private financing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)In this thesis, I argue that accelerating government research and development (R&D) with private financing could simultaneously improve the nation's war fighting readiness and economy. I submit that better utilization of ... -
Accelerating new project deployment with manufacturing guidelines
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Accelerating the development of complex products in extended enterprises
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This thesis examines strategies to accelerate product development in a large commercial aerospace program structured as an extended enterprise where first and second tier suppliers perform most of the detailed product ... -
Accelerating the onboarding of a new factory partner
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Nike established the Advanced Manufacturing team to create a future of manufacturing that will be able to better meet growing customer expectations, battle rising costs of production, and unlock new design capabilities. ... -
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 ... -
Accelerating time-to-money for a semiconductor wafer fab capacity ramp
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Accelerating value capture of SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system : governance model and process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Raytheon produces a diverse range of defense products using a wide range of business systems and tools that are not currently integrated. To achieve the corporate vision of "one company", in 2005, Raytheon began to deploy ... -
Accelerators, startup performance, and crises
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)New accelerator programs have developed globally over the last decade. The accelerator concept is widely discussed in the media and receives increasing interest from researchers. However, the performance and impact of ... -
Accounting for inflation in capital decisions
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Accounting for non-technical issues in computer system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983) -
Accruals and managerial operating decisions over the firm life cycle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This paper explores how accruals capture managerial operating decisions that evolve over a firm's life cycle. I argue that growing firms face different operating environments and have fundamentally different accruals ... -
ACE vs. Six Sigma
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)In the early 1980's and 1990's, companies began to build upon the principles of Total Quality Management and developed there own unique quality systems. The most popular and well known of these systems is Six Sigma that ... -
Achieving and sustaining an optimal product portfolio in the healthcare industry through SKU rationalization, complexity costing, and dashboards
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)After years of new product launches, and entry into emerging markets, Company X, a healthcare company, has seen its product portfolio proliferate and bring costly complexity into its operations. Today, Company X seeks to ... -
Achieving business and operational excellence in the pharmaceutical industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Historically the pharmaceutical industry has been highly profitable. However, the increasing regulatory requirements, bargaining power of buyers, and drug failures together with the threat of biosimilars and decreasing R&D ... -
Achieving mass customization in the Boeing Wire Responsibility Center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)Customized options are costly to produce using the current production and design methods of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG). The company is redesigning its engineering and manufacturing processes in order to ... -
Achieving Six Sigma printed circuit board yields by improving incoming component quality and using a PCBA prioritization algorithm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) are the backbone of the electronics industry. PCBA technologies are keeping pace with Moore's Law and will soon enable the convergence of video, voice, data, and mobility onto a ... -
Achieving sustainable development : building a coherent vision and motivations for change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)How do the different clusters (businesses, governments, civil society organizations, and individuals) behave currently? Why? And, why do these behaviors need to change? What does a 'sustainable future' mean? What is the ...
