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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Lean principles."”.
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Lean principles in an aircraft assembly process
… for all three is Toyota and the generalized lean manufacturing method known as the Toyota Production System. The literature on what lean manufacturing is and how to do it is vast. This thesis first contributes to that cache of lean literature an example of one aerospace company's …
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Lean principles implementation in the program preparation phase
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002.
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An application of lean principles within a semiconductor manufacturing environment
… Fab 23 is committed to implementing lean manufacturing to reduce their production cycle times and cost. This thesis is focused around the development of the principles of lean that are most relevant to Intel's complex manufacturing flow and then the application of these principles to …
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Lean principles applied to a supply chain with demand uncertainty
… The thesis focuses on the implementation of a lean manufacturing system, modeled after the Toyota Production System, in the Kodak color film business. The goal of the system is to systematically eliminate all forms of waste from the production process in an attempt to reduce costs and …
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The application of lean principles to the military aerospace product development process
… T. Jones suggests that application of five lean principles to the processes across the entire enterprise will lead to achieving a "lean" stale. This lean state results from the elimination of waste from operations such that products can be developed with a minimum of overall expense in terms …
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Construction design as a process for flow : applying lean principles to construction design
… interests, objectives and practices based on lean fundamentals, during the earliest stages of a project, as a method of improving construction performance.
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Lean principles, behaviors and implementation strategies for the automotive product design and development
This thesis applies lean enterprise principles to the product development process at Ford Motor Company. Based on an internship, the author conducted a detailed study of three Ford product development sub-processes: head lamp appearance design, road load testing, and prototype build process. The …
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Integrating lean principles in automotive product development : breaking down barriers in culture and process
Lean principles have been applied throughout the manufacturing industry with noted success although the process of integrating them into the entire enterprise has been complex and slow. Certain areas of the automotive industry, specifically product development, require a deeper study of its …
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Augmenting drug process development capacity through applications of lean principles and high throughput technology
… and impact of two approaches, namely applying lean principles and using high-throughput technology to increase capacity and productivity in pivotal biologics drug process development. Specifically, the project will explore a framework for improved handoffs and work design, and propose …
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A Framework for Implementing Industry 4.0 Technologies to Improve Supply Chains Based on Lean Principles
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Lean Transformations in Supply Chain, the autocatalytic nature of lean principles, and tactics for implementing lean tools
Expanding Lean principles beyond the manufacturing floor, ultimately to entail a comprehensive Lean Enterprise, has gained increasing attention among corporations. This thesis entails a detailed case study of initiating a Lean Transformation in the Supply Chain department of a technology center for …
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Application of lean principles to an enterprise value stream : a lean analysis of an automotive fuel system development process
This thesis shows that lean principles that have been successfully applied in manufacturing can also be successfully applied across an entire enterprise. Established lean principles and lessons learned in lean manufacturing environments are applied across an automotive fuel system enterprise. This …
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Integrating six-sigma methods and lean principles to reduce variation and waste in delivery performance to the customer (production system)
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2003.
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Using optimization and lean principles to design work cells and make capital purchase decisions for hole drilling operations in turbine airfoil manufacturing
Classical manufacturing work cells have machines to perform each operation in the process, the number of each type of machine being chosen so that all machines would be equally busy. Although design of work cells for producing one product is straightforward, the design of a multi-product work cell …
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Applying lean enterprise principles to optimize delivery of customer service
… significant value through the application of lean principles to manufacturing and supply chain operations. Dell Inc. in particular garnered international fame for its ability to manufacture and deliver computers using a lean, direct-to-customer approach that provided a tremendous competitive …
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Opportunities for lean thinking in aircraft flight testing and evaluation
The application of Lean principles and practices has been shown to help aerospace companies reduce waste and maximize value to help meet the changing demands of the market. The most visible area of influence has been manufacturing, where great strides have been made in cost and cycle time …
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A lean software engineering system for the Department of Defense
… thesis presents an engineering model based on lean principles. The lean principles provide a foundation for a system that is based on value, communication, teamwork, efficient use of resources, elimination of waste and continuous process improvement. This system is flexible and can be tailored …
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Lean technology development
… This thesis will explore the extent to which Lean principles can be applied in technology development and how they can contribute to achieving new technology development imperatives (fast cycle time, increasing number of technology introductions, etc.). In order to answer these questions, the …
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Advancing lean implementation for next generation biomanufacturing operations
… required within site operations including how Lean principles and methodologies are implemented and utilized in this model. An opportunity had been identified to determine an effective Lean implementation for ASM in order to capitalize on its full potential and set the Lean strategy for future …
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How Kaizen Group Leader Selection Affects Group Participation
… power differences among group members decreases. Lean principles and practices indicate Kaizen Event members will contribute regardless of legitimate power levels, due to member training, education, and the Lean team-oriented culture. Further study is needed to determine if Lean culture and …
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