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    • Improving complex enterprises with system models 

      Hemann, Justin M. (Justin Matthew) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
      Air Force sustainment operations are the focus of an intensive internal effort to improve performance and reduce costs. Past improvement initiatives have often failed to produce the intended results, and have caused ...

    • Systems level approach to process improvement initiatives in a semiconductor manufacturing environment 

      Ruddick, Todd Andon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
      Many successful companies have difficulty implementing large-scale change initiatives such as Lean, Six Sigma, outsourcing or Advanced Process Control. This can often be due to the fact that they treat large-scale improvement ...

    • On-orbit serviceability of space system architectures 

      Richards, Matthew G. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
      On-orbit servicing is the process of improving a space-based capability through a combination of in-orbit activities which may include inspection; rendezvous and docking; and value-added modifications to a satellite's ...