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Showing 1 to 20 of 334 for “"Cost Reduction"”.
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Cost reduction methodology and management
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1999.
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M28 Fixed wing transport aircraft cost reduction
… in order to become price-competitive, its cost would need to be reduced significantly. Multiple cost-reduction concepts have been proposed by the manufacturing and procurement groups. An Optimization Team was also formed to lead the cost-reduction effort. However, a more systematic approach …
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COST REDUCTION THROUGH ASSEMBLY POSTPONEMENT IN MASS CUSTOMIZATION
… on the assembly postponement strategy to reduce costs in mass customization scenarios. Assembly postponement is a technique of delaying the product differentiation point when assembling multiple items from common components at the beginning of the production process. We extend Lee and Tang's …
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Strategies for cost reduction in procuring trucking services
… The research specifically focused on three costs: Primary, Actual and Market. Primary cost is the cost agreed to pay to the primary carrier and is usually contractually fixed in advance. The actual cost is the cost paid to the carrier that hauls the load and the market cost is the average …
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Personalized and Communication Cost Reduction Models in Federated Learning
… asynchronous updates to reduce the communication costs, but these techniques cause an improvement of just 10-15%. Furthermore, most of the current personalized machine learning models are trained by accessing the user information from a centralized machine learning server. This research proposes …
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Using system dynamics to understand barriers to cost reduction
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2000.
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Airline operating cost reduction through enhanced engine health analytics
… by unexpected engine failures and the associated cost burdens. With respect to operating cost, airlines standardly report Cost Per Available Seat Mile (CASM) and Cost Per Block Hour (CBH). EHM services that prevent operational disruptions can help airlines reduce these unit-cost metrics, whose …
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Airline operating cost reduction through enhanced engine health analytics
… by unexpected engine failures and the associated cost burdens. With respect to operating cost, airlines standardly report Cost Per Available Seat Mile (CASM) and Cost Per Block Hour (CBH). EHM services that prevent operational disruptions can help airlines reduce these unit-cost metrics, whose …
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Cycle time & cost reduction in a low volume manufacturing environment
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.
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Autonomous active ankle exo-skeleton devices provide metabolic cost reduction
… experiment that looks to confirm the metabolic cost decrease associated with the usage of an autonomous active ankle exoskeleton. The primary method to identify the associated metabolic costs was through the comparison of cardiovascular and respiratory activity during gait with and without the …
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Tektronix solid ink printer print head drive board cost reduction project
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Cost reduction of polar class vessels : structural optimization that includes production factors
… was important, higher fabrication labor costs occurred due to the closely spaced frames and thicker material needed. There was a cost trade-off between minimizing material under the traditional design method and designing a ship that was easier to construct at the shipyard, i.e. designing …
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Fire Simulation Cost Reduction for Improved Safety and Response for Underground Spaces
… and safety outcomes. However, the simulation cost of precise large complex dynamical systems such as fire in underground mines makes practical and even theoretical application challenging. This work details a novel methodology to reduce fire and airflow simulation costs in order to make …
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Using quality improvement methodologies to enhance cross departmental collaboration and quality cost reduction
… throughout the local factory organization. A Cost of Quality (CoQ) analysis was used to diagnose the factory's main problem areas and prioritize the ensuing improvement efforts. Based on the analysis results, projects were developed that focused on reducing expenditures associated with …
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An analysis of incentive strategies for single-source suppliers to drive cost reduction
… revolve around the issues of supplier investment costs, internal competition, commodity negotiations, and supplier power. After each case study, the pertinent aspects of the contract development framework are applied to the specific supplier relationship and conclusions are drawn.
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Application of Novel Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Cost Reduction in Space Launch Vehicles
… challenges and mature its manufacturing systems, Cost-Benefit Analyses (CBAs) show that despite significant capital and development costs, AFSD has the potential to bring positive Net Present Value (NPV) to large aluminum structures in the space launch industry. Supply chain implications from …
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Identifying system-wide contact center cost reduction opportunities through lean, customer-focused IT metrics
… is constantly innovating to lower its operating costs while maintaining customer satisfaction. Their task is difficult to achieve in part because of the broad scope of problems that Dell's customer service agents (CSAs) tackle and the grey areas of support boundaries. In order to identify and …
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Techno-economic evaluation of cross-cutting technologies for cost reduction in nuclear power plants
… have been evaluated to find that a 28-38% net reduction in LCOE is possible for new nuclear builds beginning construction before 2030, and up to 65% after that. The short term benefit comes primarily from several capital cost reducing technologies such as seismic isolation (7-10%), steel plate …
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Evaluating cost-reduction alternatives and low-cost sourcing opportunities for aerospace castings and forgings
… large portions of their manufacturing, managing costs in the supply chain is increasingly important in reducing overall costs and remaining competitive. Low-cost sourcing has become an increasingly prevalent way for companies to reduce total costs. This thesis develops a methodology for …
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