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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Aerospace Company"”.
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Designing for cost In an aerospace company
… Target Costing and its application at The Boeing Company. Target Costing is a design for cost framework that is widely used by auto manufacturers, but is still less widely used in the aerospace industry. This thesis observes the current state at The Boeing Company and provides recommendations for …
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The dynamic behavior of an aerospace company
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1961.
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Self-directed work teams at an aerospace company
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Risk from network disruptions in an aerospace supply chain
… the effects of risk from disruptions using an aerospace supply chain as the example, primarily through the use of a computer simulation model. Uncertainty in the current marketplace requires managers to be cognizant of the adverse impact of risk on their company's performance. However, managers …
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Lean transformation and relocation of jet engine assembly operations
… of assembly and test operations in an aerospace company. Additionally, the thesis provides a framework for making difficult relocation decisions and shows how lean transformation can be part of an assembly relocation strategy. As a direct result of this work a lean transformation and …
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Fire fighting in aerospace product development : a study of project capacity and resource planning in an aerospace enterprise
It is broadly recognized in the aerospace industry, as well as many others, that organizations which effectively execute development projects to meet desired cost, schedule, and performance targets for their customers produce higher levels of customer satisfaction and also a significant source of …
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Designing internal logistics processes for new manufacturing site
The Boeing Company is the world's largest aerospace company and is constantly evaluating improvement opportunities to the production system. It is of ongoing interest to the company to have to tools to assess new manufacturing sites. Among the required tasks for such an effort, engineers must …
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A systems engineering approach to aero engine development in a highly distributed engineering and manufacturing environment
… jet engine development and delivery at a large aerospace company. We assess how well systems engineering manages component integration issues and determine whether it sufficiently mitigates the inherent risks associated with product development in a highly distributed engineering and …
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Predicting adequacy of supplier responses for multi-year government contracts based on supplier performance metrics
Aerospace Company X (ACX) is a designer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace systems and its primary customer is the United States Government (USG). In order to reduce cost and minimize risk, both parties have embraced a multi-year contracting model in which productions agreements are signed for …
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Implementing cellular manufacturing methodologies to improve the performance of a manufacturing operation
… The author spent six months at a leading aerospace company implementing cellular manufacturing principles in designing several production cells for a transmission component manufacturing department as part of a lean transformation effort. The cell design methodology implemented consisted …
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Using design maturity assessments to improve new technology implementation in active production environments
… will be quickly surpassed by their competitors. Company A, a large aerospace company with a long history of introducing new technologies, is aiming to improve its new technology implementation process to continue to be successful in a competitive industry. While generally successful when …
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Use of isoperformance, constraint programming, and mixed integer linear programing for architecture tradespace exploration of passive Optical Earth Observation Systems
… during the course of an internship at An Aerospace Company (AAC) and research performed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory as part of a fellowship. Both efforts entailed the development of architecture tradespace exploration models for space systems. The …
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Experiential learning in control systems laboratories and engineering project management
… my experiences as a project engineer at a large aerospace company. I found that the experience in the course provided an authentic and comprehensive opportunity to practice most of the skills listed in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (an industry standard) as necessary for project …