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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Operational Improvement"”.
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Strategy and operational improvement in an aluminum rolling plant
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1994.
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A diagnosis framework for selecting operational improvement opportunities for Malaysian industries
… performance and identify the opportunities for improvement in order to stay competitive. However, there seems to be lack of studies that focuses on operation diagnosis that align quality audit, business excellence (BE) assessment and project selection for lean six sigma. Hence, this study was …
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Operational improvement and mixed model value stream development for gauge production line
… production and find out the waste. To eliminate operational waste, operator work load was balanced and corresponding standard work procedure for operators and production monitoring technique were developed. The daily production throughput increased by 30% from 10 gauges to 13 gauges. To achieve …
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Operational improvement at a mass customization semiconductor equipment manufacturing facility through inventory consolidation
This thesis addresses the operational improvement at Varian Semiconductor Equipment and Associates (Varian), a subsidiary of Applied Materials (AMAT), through material shortage reduction. Varian manufactures highly customized implantation equipment. Sub-assemblies that form an implantation tool are …
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Productivity and system improvements in an organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility
… in Manufacturing team worked on productivity and operational improvement projects with Konarka Technologies, Inc., a world-leading organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility that is in the process of ramping up their production volumes to meet growing demand. This thesis focuses on the …
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Statistical and causal analysis of inbound supply chain inefficiencies
Given the importance of operational inefficiencies and their negative impact on the bottom line in today's competitive economy, CVS/pharmacy is very interested in implementing operational improvement initiatives across its inbound supply chain to minimize the number of non-value-added activities. …
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Information tracking and sharing in organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing
… tracking and analysis as well as various operational improvement projects. MIT's collaborative improvement projects at Konarka's manufacturing facility were focused on information system and operations in the finishing processes after solar panels have been coated. This thesis report, …
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Principal-agent alignment and relational incentive contracts in high-performance service operations
… provides a novel framework for service quality improvement and 2) explores concepts in game theory, relational contracts, and incentive mechanism design that impact service quality in the modern organization. The framework introduced in this thesis is comprised of four distinct steps. In the …
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Applying lean enterprise principles to optimize delivery of customer service
… Dell's consumer support division and 2. Identify operational improvement opportunities to drive the tactical execution of that strategy. The project began with a benchmarking study of customer service strategies at companies such as Best Buy, Apple, Fed-Ex, Amazon.com, GM, and Comcast.
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Achieving business and operational excellence in the pharmaceutical industry
… by Toyota is recommended as a way to achieve operational success. A deep analysis of the current state of the pharmaceutical industry and the operational inefficiencies inherent in regulated drug production is provided. The renewed importance of operations within the pharmaceutical business …
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A Case Study of Project Management of COVID-19 Vaccination in Japan
… the disease in the global pandemic. Research on operational mechanisms of COVID-19 vaccination projects is limited compared with the epidemiologic and socio-economic studies. Japan is a unique country with various operational information on COVID-19 vaccinations publicly available. This research …
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The role and contribution of the Chief Technology Officer
… points’, ‘technology business case & funding’, ‘operational improvement’, ‘people management’ and ‘technology business model & strategy’. The CTO can review each element with related sub-elements in anticipation or at the point of a ‘technology transition’. This model for the CTO role is proposed …
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Operational initiatives in the food industry
… to help the food industry take advantage of operational improvement initiatives to stay competitive in today's global market, the development of a lean approach comprising of lean principles, lean practices and lean vision for the food industry which would enable the managers to transform …
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Essays in Empirical Operations Management
… a financial manager or a C.F.O. with a range of operational policies that they may evaluate to improve their firm's cash flow. This problem, however, turns out to be notoriously hard for the following reason. Cash flow comprises multiple operational variables (sales, inventory, etc.) that are …
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Environmental Performance Improvement in the Cement Industry
… further 5%. The focus of the research is to find operational changes that can reduce emissions without the need for large capital investment. Three cement plants in the UK were investigated using four different mathematical models based on real data from the plants. A new metric for assessing the …
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Measurement and prediction of inpatient case manager workload in a tertiary hospital setting
… is a fundamental characteristic. From an operational improvement standpoint workload variability has to be fully considered, understood, and accommodated. The current static staffing scheme, based on the number of beds a case manager is responsible for, does not adequately address the …