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Fostering innovation across aerospace supplier networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Driving a lean transformation using a six sigma improvement process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Successive transformations within manufacturing have brought great efficiencies to producers and lower costs to consumers. With the advents of interchangeable parts between 1800 and 1850 in small arms manufacturing (Hounshell, ...
Production system design and its implementation in the automotive and aircraft industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Enterprise level value stream mapping and analysis for aircraft carrier components
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Northrop Grumman Newport News is committed to implementing lean on the enterprise level. This thesis is focused around work toward creating a global, high-level information and material value stream map for a specified ...
Applicability of Toyota production system to commercial airplane manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
A simulation-based concurrent engineering approach for assembly system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Analysis of key characteristic methods and enablers used in variation risk management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
High-mix, low-volume lean manufacturing implementation and lot size optimization at an aerospace OEM
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
A decomposition-based approach to linking strategy, performance measurement, and manufacturing system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The ability to understand the impact of lower-level design decisions on the achievement of higher-level strategic objectives is critical for the effective design of manufacturing systems. Furthermore, the development of a ...
Engine production system in the US defense aircraft industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
A study was conducted, under the auspices of the Lean Aerospace Initiative, to determine the causes of increment in the production throughput time of engines in the US defense aircraft industry. Three sites were included. ...