MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC): Recent submissions

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    • Labor Support Survey Summary Report 

      Klein, Dr. Janice (1996-10)
      One of the main cost drivers in the defense aerospace industry is overhead personnel. Traditionally, labor support ratios have been used as an efficiency measure and to control overhead levels. More recently, several ...

    • Understanding Lean Manufacturing According to Axiomatic Design Principles 

      Reynal, Vicente A.; Cochran, David S. (1996-11)
      The design and evaluation of manufacturing system design is the subject of this paper. Though much attention has been given to the design of manufacturing systems, in practice most efforts still remain empirically-based. ...

    • Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Systems 

      Cochran, David S.; Reynal, Vicente A. (1996-11)
      This paper introduces the use of axiomatic design in the design of manufacturing systems. The two primary functional requirements of any manufacturing system are developed. These functional requirements are used to analyze ...