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Inventory optimization in an aerospace supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Strategic inventory management has become a major focus for Honeywell Aerospace as the business unit challenged itself to meeting cost reduction goals while maintaining a high level of service to its customers. This challenge ... -
IT management in the aerospace industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)(cont.) payoff IT investments. When the North American Aerospace Industry invests less than any other industry in the high risk investments, its foreign counterpart invests more than any other industry. The second major ... -
Knowledge integration for problem solving in the development of complex aerospace systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The development of complex products requires widespread knowledge interactions among a significant number of individuals and teams designing numerous interrelated components. Increasing product complexity typically leads ... -
Knowledge organization and content generation in knowledgemediaries
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Lean aerospace initiative electronic sector study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000) -
Lean concepts in customer care : adding value and reducing waste with proactive order status messaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Information technology (IT), operational efficiency, and a strong relationship with customers are three critical components to Dell's success over the last twenty four years. Information technology throughout Dell's history ... -
A lean enterprise approach to process improvement in a health care organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)United States health care costs are rising and demand is increasing as the population ages. An already overburdened system is being squeezed more each year. Process improvements are urgently needed, and some health care ... -
Lean enterprise integration : a new framework for small businesses
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Lean enterprise self-assessment as a leading indicator for accelerating transformation in the aerospace industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)The research contained in this thesis explores leading indicators of lean enterprise transformation in the aerospace industry, as part of the greater body of work associated with MIT's Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI). ... -
The Lean Innovation Roadmap - A Systematic Approach to Introducing Lean in Product Development Processes and Establishing a Learning Organization
(2009-06-26)The application of Lean principles in the field of product development is the subject of a growing number of publications. In the past, significant efforts have been undertaken to identify and describe the practices of a ... -
Lean manufacturing practices in the defense aircraft industry
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Lean manufacturing principles : a comprehensive framework for improving production efficiency
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Global Automotive, a large US based, global manufacturer of automobiles, has made significant gains in manufacturing competitiveness, in part through application of a lean manufacturing approach to high volume assembly. A ... -
Lean principles implementation in the program preparation phase
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Lean product development for the automotive niche vehicle marketplace
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The automotive low volume niche vehicle marketplace is growing, evidenced by increasing media coverage and fierce competition between original equipment manufacturers. Development of niche vehicles must be lean and therefore ... -
Lean Product Development: Making Waste Transparent
(2004-01-15)Lean manufacturing developed by Toyota is a production philosophy that focuses on streamlining of value added activities and eliminating waste within the process with the goal to better meet customer demand. It constitutes ... -
Lean technology development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)In today's corporate world, successful technology management is separating market leaders from laggards. Because technology is in constant change and what is state-of-the-art today will be obsolete tomorrow, it is not ... -
A lean transformation in low volume space manufacturing
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Lean transformation of a supply chain organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)There are two basic schools of thought regarding how to approach a Lean transformation. Either start with introducing Lean tools or start with driving a Lean cultural change. Academic researchers like Steve Spear (Harvard/MIT), ... -
Lean Transformations in Supply Chain, the autocatalytic nature of lean principles, and tactics for implementing lean tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Expanding Lean principles beyond the manufacturing floor, ultimately to entail a comprehensive Lean Enterprise, has gained increasing attention among corporations. This thesis entails a detailed case study of initiating a ...