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Showing 1 to 20 of 319 for “"Lead time"”.
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Framework and strategies for reducing aircraft lead time
… requirements, processes, and materials, the lead time for many of the parts can be several months resulting in a long aircraft lead time. During periods of high demand long aircraft lead time is less of a concern since manufacturers often have a large backlog, which is greater than the lead …
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Rapid flood damage prediction in short lead-time scenarios
Research on short lead-time flood inundation and damage assessment traditionally focuses on developing tools for long term planning. Studies that investigate the ability to provide short lead-time analyses are uncommon because of sparcity and spatial inconsistency of short-term hydrologic …
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Lead Time Reduction in the Aero Engine Overhaul Industry
… was to investigate the ways of reducing the lead times of the strip to detail inspection of an aero engine overhaul facility. To achieve this, various methods were used. Initially dealing with the justification and construction of a simulation model followed by an examination of various …
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The impact of lead time on truckload transportation rates
… to determine if rates are impacted by tender lead time, which is the amount of time between when a carrier is offered a load to when the load needs to be picked up. The research specifically focused on how tender rejections by carriers are the ultimate driver of transportation cost variances …
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Impact of product configurations on lead time and profits
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997, and Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1997.
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An alternative method of long lead-time tool purchases
… Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.
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The effects of part commonality on product development lead time
Nortel Networks, a leading global supplier of telecommunications equipment, is engaged in an increasingly competitive global market place. Within this market, Nortel Networks is positioning itself as the leader of global network transformation. The vision of the new transformed network is one in …
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Factors’ Influencing Lead Time in Supplies Procurement Management in Public Organization
This study focuses on the factors influencing lead time in supplies procurement management in an organization; a case of Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority in Ngorongoro District. The research was conducted in three categories within NCAA. The main objective of the study was to assess factors …
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Strategy for reducing the length and variability of aircraft lead time
… typically build each aircraft to order, and the lead time for make or buy parts and assemblies can be several months or more. The manufacturers generally have a backlog of orders at any given time, so customers in the helicopter market can expect to wait several months for delivery. However, due …
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Quantifying the value of reduced lead time and increased delivery frequency
… of increased delivery frequency or reduced lead time? To answer this question, we collected shipment and inventory data for three customers: a mass merchandiser, a grocery store chain, and a drug store chain in the US. We examined the shipment histories to the customers' Distribution Centers …
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Full lead time mapping, analysis and improvement for packaging product manufacturing
… the service level by reducing the customer lead time. Specially, the project mapped the customer lead time through studying each process like order handling, production and the FGs delivery. Based on the map, the current performance of the company for this product was known and further …
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An analysis relating lead time and market penetration in the auto industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1959.
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Cost and lead time reduction in the manufacture of injection molding tools
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994.
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Lean Thinking For Lead-Time Reduction And Efficient Knowledge Creation In Product Development
… will help the development team to reduce the lead-time by over 50%. Next, a set of ten lean tools and methods is proposed in order to support and improve efficiency of the knowledge creation (KC) process. The approach establishes a KC framework in PD environment, and systematically …
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Materials lead time reduction in a semiconductor equipment manufacturing plant : process flow planning
… with the goal of reducing production order lead time to 8 hours. Current material flow systems were studied and interviews with the involved personnel were conducted. Additionally, data was extracted and analyzed from the company's SAP Extended Warehouse Management database to analyze the …
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Control of WIP and reduction of lead time in a food packaging company
… on warehouse capacity and the competition of lead time are concerns of a food packaging manufacturer. In this work, causes of high WIP were identified and three approaches were developed to reduce and control better the WIP. We propose to split the production line into dedicated lines, to …
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Improving lead time setting and on-time delivery commitments under uncertain supply conditions
… new and innovative ways to improve on-time delivery. Inventory shortages that occur prior to production account for approximately 35% of missed delivery dates. When these part shortages occur, demand planners must apply "extended" lead times to these parts to ensure that Dell's …
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