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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Manufacturing Network"”.
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Data Filtering and Modeling for Smart Manufacturing Network
A smart manufacturing network connects machines via sensing, communication, and actuation networks. The data generated from the networks are used in data-driven modeling and decision-making to improve quality, productivity, and flexibility while reducing the cost. This dissertation focuses on …
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Dynamic routing in an unreliable manufacturing network with limited storage
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981.
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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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Development of operations based long range network capacity planning models
Planning for vaccines manufacturing capacity is both a complex task requiring many inputs and an important function of manufacturers to ensure the supply of vaccines that prevent life-threatening illnesses. This thesis explores the development of an operations based long range capacity planning …
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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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Assessing the impact of container marking implementation
… implementing new capabilities across the Amgen manufacturing network in order to code containers at the unit-level to reduce the possibility of mix-ups of unlabeled drug products. In order to prepare for the roll-out of these new capabilities, an assessment of the impact to throughput, packaging …
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Minimizing Total Delivered Cost of Stamped Assemblies Through Sourcing Optimization
… processes from other plants within the OEM’s manufacturing network. The sourcing strategy evaluates production scenarios for multi-process stamped assemblies undergo. Utilizing a mixed integer programming framework derived from the knapsack problem, the model evaluates all production scenarios …
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Applying an enterprise architecting framework to design enterprise sales and operations planning
… business and subsequent impacts to SAS' manufacturing network. As a result, Program Requirements and Operations Planning (PROP) was born to enable improved supply chain planning for factory labor and capital resources. Over time, the complexity of SAS' business has proven to be a …
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The conclusion of a biologic's lifecycle : manufacturing sourcing strategies on the eve of follow-on biologics
… currently being implemented that will change the manufacturing capacity of the production process at each of the three separately owned manufacturing facilities for Enbrel® BDS. Given that the Amgen Rhode Island facility currently only produces Enbrel® BDS, the Rhode Island facility has the …
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Dynamic order allocation for make-to-order manufacturing networks : an industrial case study of optimization under uncertainty/
… controlling production in a large make-to-order manufacturing network poses complex and costly operational problems. As customers continually submit customized orders, a centralized decision-maker must quickly allocate each order to production facilities with limited but flexible labor, …
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Long range planning of manufacturing footprint
… planning tool that is focused on estimation of manufacturing footprint requirements for the company's internal manufacturing network. The tool we develop takes a demand forecast as an input and converts it to a physical space requirement in square feet. Additionally, the tool exhibits …
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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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Predictive maintenance for industry 4.0, a holistic approach to performing predictive maintenance as a service.
… Due to the collaborative nature of the manufacturing systems, one machine failure could result in undesired downtimes beyond single production lines and add costs to the value-added processes of the partner enterprises in the entire value chain. Industry 4.0 provides a concept of the …
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Improving the management of manufacturing assets across large-scale networks of suppliers in the plastic industry
… to the health industry. A variety of plastic manufacturing methods are used to make instrument parts and consumables worldwide via third-party manufacturers who operate assets owned by the original brand. Worldwide, more than 200 of these manufacturers operate more than 2000 tools owned by …
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Process and Quality Modeling in Cyber Additive Manufacturing Networks with Data Analytics
A cyber manufacturing system (CMS) is a concept generated from the cyber-physical system (CPS), providing adequate data and computation resources to support efficient and optimal decision making. Examples of these decisions include production control, variation reduction, and cost optimization. A …
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21st century manufacturing machines: Design, fabrication and controls
… in nanotechnology, microfabrication and new manufacturing processes, the revolution of open electronics, and the emerging internet of things will influence the design, manufacture, and control of manufacturing machines in the future. For instance, miniaturization will change manufacturing …