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Managing the defense industry transition to performance-based practices and supply chain integration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Application of the lean aircraft initiative factory operations model to case studies in the defense aircraft industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
Methodology for sizing finished goods inventories for a vinyl siding extrusion plant
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Recently, many companies have begun to implement lean manufacturing principles as a way to improve their production systems. Alcoa has joined the movement to adopt lean manufacturing, and has named their effort the Alcoa ...
Achieving supplier integration through implementation of supplier managed inventory programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Competitive market pressures and new dynamics in manufacturer-supplier relationships have led to the development of collaborative initiatives between manufacturers and suppliers that result in improved inventory management ...
Cultural analysis case study : implementaiton of acquisition reform within the Department of Defense
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
Economic incentives in aerospace weapon systems procurement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Design methods in the aerospace industry : looking for evidence of set-based practices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Precision stretch forming of metal for precision assembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
Identifying the impact of modeling and simulation in the generation of system level requirements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Requirements generation is an influential time in the evolution of the program. It allocates 70% of the life-cycle cost of a program and is responsible for a large percentage of the system errors and cost overruns. This ...
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 ...