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Applying lean enterprise principles to optimize delivery of customer service
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Many companies have realized significant value through the application of lean principles to manufacturing and supply chain operations. Dell Inc. in particular garnered international fame for its ability to manufacture and ... -
Applying the Lessons of “Lean Now” to Transform the US Aerospace Enterprise
(2003-08-22)Lean is common sense and good business sense. As organizations grow and become more successful, they begin to lose insight into the basic truths of what made them successful. Organizations have to deal with more and more ... -
Approaches To Crisis Prevention In Lean Product Development By High Performance Teams And Through Risk Management
(2005-09)This thesis investigates crisis prevention in lean product development, focusing on high performance teams and risk management methods. Lean product development and the Munich Procedural Model (MPM) are the guiding ... -
Architecting the Future Enterprise : a framework for supporting decision making in the selection of future states
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Enterprises that are successful over the long term are compelled to continuously transform in order to adapt to new contexts or economic environments. However, many of these transformation efforts fail to achieve their ... -
Assembly oriented design : concepts algorithms and computational tools
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Assessing stakeholder salience through the view of lean enterprise transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Aerospace enterprises tend to take a strategic approach to managing their enterprise. This thesis posits that stakeholder theory presents another way of looking at the enterprise, as it incorporates elements of both structure ... -
Avionics life-cycle forecasting model
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Best practices in user needs/requirements generation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)An idealized process framework for the front-end of product development was developed. The framework covers the process space from an initial need (or recognition of a need) to the decision for a product/development program ... -
Beyond mass production--flexible production systems and manufacturing performance in thw world auto industry
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Building flexibility in the volatile aftermarket parts : supply chains of the defense aerospace industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Within the Integrated Defense Systems of The Boeing Company, aftermarket support of military aircraft serves as an increasingly large source of revenue. One of the newest contracts between Boeing and the U.S. Government ... -
Building information systems to integrate the manufacturing supply chain
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Building software factories in the aerospace industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Business model transformation for the international division of a fortune 100 high technology company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Raytheon Canada in Waterloo, Ontario offers a very interesting but challenging research case. As one of the international divisions of Raytheon Corporation, the company has a business model similar to its parent company. ... -
A case study : creating momentum and self-sustaining change in product development through continuous improvement efforts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Traditionally, in Raytheon's Integrated Defense System Product Development Engineering Group, lean initiatives have not been fully adopted. Though the lean tools are useful, the engineering group is looking for more effective ... -
Causes and impacts of Class One engineering changes : an exploratory study based on three defense aircraft acquisition programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)Past studies on engineering changes have focused on products other than defense aerospace products, and have concentrated primarily on the design-manufacturing interface within single companies. Thus, engineering changes ... -
Chains of function delivery : a role for product architecture in concept design
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Challenges and benefits to the implementation of integrated product teams on large military procurements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Characterization of operator-reported discrepancies in unmanned on-orbit space systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001) -
Collaborative systems thinking : an exploration of the mechanisms enabling team systems thinking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Aerospace systems are among the most complex anthropogenic systems and require large quantities of systems knowledge to design successfully. Within the aerospace industry, an aging workforce places those with the most ... -
Commonality in complex product families : implications of divergence and lifecycle offsets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Commonality, or the sharing of components, processes, technologies, interfaces and/or infrastructure across a product family, represents one of many potential tools for increasing corporate profitability. Industrial interest ...