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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Global manufacturing"”.
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Risk management practices in global manufacturing investment
This thesis explores risk management practices in global manufacturing investment. It reflects the growing internationalisation of manufacturing and the increasing complexity and fragmentation of manufacturing systems. Issues of risk management have become increasingly important in financial and …
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The process of design for environment within global manufacturing companies
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Analysis of global manufacturing strategies for high volume high technology products
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1997.
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Adapting the new product introduction process to changes in a global manufacturing network
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1996.
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The COVID-19 crisis
A global pandemic has disrupted our normal way of living and doing business. An extreme and rare event without precedent in modern times has put large parts of the global community on lockdown, resulting in major implications and disruptions for organizations all around the globe. This research …
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Wafer defect prediction with statistical machine learning
… complexity while also striving to achieve lower manufacturing costs, it is becoming increasingly important to drive cost savings by screening out defective die upstream. The primary goal of the project is to build a statistical prediction model to facilitate operational improvements across two …
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Supply chain packaging : packaging for optimal inter-region distribution center operations and damage prevention
… (ECC) business unit of Honeywell ACS maintains a global manufacturing and distribution presence. ECC delivers complex systems that control air, water and combustion for both homes and industrial customers. Historically, ECC plants in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region have either had …
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Where India fits within Flextronics global supply chain
This project focuses on Flextronics International manufacturing strategy regarding its global supply chain design, and its export strategy from India. It also focuses on the application of the Flextronics case to the question of India's role in global electronics manufacturing. Following China's …
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Optimization of material flow by lean tools and RFID integration into a vendor-involved eKanban system
To survive in the global marketplace today that is more dynamic and complex than ever, companies must have a proper and up-to-date material flow design to ensure agile and resilient operations. The importance of monitoring and controlling flow has been made even more apparent with the recent …
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Global new product introduction and development in the automotive sector
A Global New Product Introduction and Development (GNPID) process is one of the cornerstones towards a competitive advantage in the automotive marketplace today. A fully optimised GNPID process in combination with other lean and agile manufacturing techniques and systems is guaranteed to reduce …
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The Limits of Analytics During Black Swan Events A Case Study of the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
… simulation and a real-world case study of a global manufacturing company experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic, a Black Swan event. We demonstrate that in some cases demand can shift by over 60%, leading to the bifurcation of the forecast error space, and resulting in an 500% increase in …
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Enabling effective lifecycle management of manufacturing facilities with enhanced decision making processes
As a global manufacturing company, Company X has built up an extensive and varied portfolio of manufacturing facilities. These facilities vary greatly in capability, age, and performance. This creates difficulties in effectively managing the manufacturing portfolio to best utilize the different …
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Design and development of fuzzy expert system for Handy Board
The recent trend in global manufacturing scenario has resulted in the emergence of many innovative techniques that have revolutionized the manufacturing industry as a whole. A lot of states of art advances have been associated with the increasing use of microprocessors in advance manufacturing …
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Leveraging global operations innovation to create sustainable competitive advantage
High fixed costs and the emergence of globalization have forced traditional domestic automotive mass producers to the brink of bankruptcy. This thesis focuses on the global growth strategy of a Tier 1 automotive supplier and examines causal relationships between that strategy and the system …
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Supply chain design and site selection for the expansion of international manufacturing capacity
… This project focused on Company X's overall manufacturing strategy, with an emphasis on how global expansion of manufacturing can allow the company to achieve greater international sales growth. Company X's current strategy for supplying non-U.S. markets has largely relied on U.S. …
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Production Network Capacity Modeling for Strategic Network Planning
Strategic planning of manufacturing capacity requires data-based approaches to determine current and future constraints in a manufacturing network. While oftentimes, the desire to improve decision-making in strategic planning is strong among decision makers, and data on capacity generally exists in …
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Roadmap for commodity sourcing strategy
… This tool also seeks to predict the near-term global competitiveness of oilfield services equipment manufacturing by country. Through on-site interviews, literature review, public data collection and statistical analysis, we were able to identify and specify top drivers that were most relevant …
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How to visualise energy waste in manufacturing
In response to global climate change, various governments, organisations, companies, and other stakeholders have set “Net-Zero” targets. This has led manufacturing firms to focus on improving the energy efficiency of their production systems. A critical aspect of this is reducing unnecessary energy …
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Bimetallic Catalyst for Lignin Depolymerization
… and economic technologies to meet rising global manufacturing and energy demands. These concerns have renewed governmental, industrial, and societal determination to reduce the world’s dependence on conventional natural resources and has led to considerable research on producing fuels and …
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