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Showing 1 to 20 of 175 for “"Boeing"”.
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Improving the Boeing 777 program's corrective action process
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.
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Improving the Boeing 787 final assembly corrective action process
… the process used to correct errors found in the Boeing 787 final assembly operations, known as the corrective action process. The goal is to reduce the time and resources required to perform the process, and also ensure the process is effective at eliminating errors on future airplane builds. …
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Achieving mass customization in the Boeing Wire Responsibility Center
… the current production and design methods of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG). The company is redesigning its engineering and manufacturing processes in order to enhance its ability to deliver customized options cost effectively. The majority of the company's continuous improvement …
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Hardware variability corrective action in Boeing 777 final assembly
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1998.
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Boeing 757-200 interior simulation for cabin air quality analysis
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Test vehicle detector characterization system for the Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser
The test vehicle detector characterization system provides a convenient and efficient tool for rapidly evaluating the optical sensitivity of the GAP6012, GAP100, GAP300, and GAP1000 indium gallium arsenide detectors used on the vendor produced detector strips, which are used in the MARTI program at …
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Production flexibility : an empirical analysis of engine build-up at the Boeing Company
… objective of this thesis is to illustrate how Boeing's adoption of lean manufacturing and Propulsion Systems' - division responsible for engine build-up - vision of "One Line, One Way, One Day" alters the engine build-up process. Previous improvement studies on engine buildup take into account …
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Reliability analysis of the electrical system in Boeing 757-200 aircraft and RB211-535 engines
… regulations [1], [2]. The electrical system in Boeing 757-200 is a large and a complex system. The consequences of losing all electrical power in-flight can cause, in worst case scenario, catastrophic accidents. Because of the severity of such failures, a fail-safe redundancy is built into the …
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Flight-Deck Automation: The Attitudes and Perceptions of Selected Boeing 757/767 Air Carrier Pilots
<p>Development in electronic displays and computers have enabled avionics designers to present the pilot with ever increasing amounts of information in greater detail and with more accuracy- However, technological developments have not always brought about enhancement of the pilot's role. …
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A statistical analysis of the potential impact of Boeing 737 MAX crashes on passenger behavior
… Flight 302; aircraft type of both crashes was Boeing 737 MAX 8. In the aftermath of the two crashes, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was grounded globally. According to the latest announcement of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the MAX will be grounded until the summer of 2020. After the …
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Enterprise design for services : a systems approach for the Boeing next generation corporate travel system architecture
… corporate travel affects many employees at Boeing. A challenge when implementing improvements in the travel and expense system, which is actually comprised of a system of systems, is the coordination of various solutions to ensure improvements in one area do not adversely affect the …
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A comparative analysis of supply chain management practices by Boeing and Airbus : long-term strategic implications
… strategies and practices being pursued by Boeing and Airbus in the 787 Dreamliner and the A380 Navigator programs, respectively, and to identify their long-term strategic implications for supply chain management in the future. The research takes as its point of departure a review and …
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Limitations of Commercial Aviation Safety Assessment Standards Uncovered in the Wake of the Boeing 737 MAX Accidents
… studies two recent accidents involving the Boeing 737 MAX (Lion Air flight JT610 and Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302) to identify the limitations that still exist in aviation safety assessment guidance that have contributed to these accidents. A new accident analysis methodology called …
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Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) attempts to break the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, will it succeed? : an industry analysis framework applied
… of China (Comac) is likely to break the Boeing-Airbus duopoly in the industry of large commercial airplanes. The selected framework for this thesis is comprised by the following two principles: 1) "The nature and degree of competition in an industry hinge on five forces, one of these …
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Analyzing the Boeing 777 link the flow process for value stream flow reduction against the Lean Aerospace Initiative's enterprise level roadmap
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2001.
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The Dragon Takes Flight: China's Journey Toward Building Its C-919 Large Passenger Aircraft and Its Impact on the US and Boeing
… airplane market to foreign companies such as Boeing and Airbus with their market expected to constitute nearly 25% percent of the world's demand worth $340 billion.</p> <p>With the aviation industry naturally driven toward a natural monopoly, the Chinese government has agreed to not only …
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Globalisation, value chains and firm-level catch-up in developing countries : the cases of Boeing, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola in China
… developing countries through the case studies of Boeing, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola and the impact of their activities in China. The case studies investigate the strategies of these fi1111S, the resulting value chain structures, and the patterns and impact of their activities in China. Data is …
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Building flexibility in the volatile aftermarket parts : supply chains of the defense aerospace industry
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 created such a supply partnership at the Army Rotorcraft Repair Depot in Corpus …
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Designing and implementation a new supply chain paradigm for airplane development
… is the latest airplane development program in Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this program, many new business processes, including a new supply chain structure will be implemented. Based on my six-month internship in Boeing, this thesis will address two critical supply chain issues that the 787 …
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