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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Original equipment"”.
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The economic value of supplier working relations with automotive original equipment manufacturers
<p>Do the different approaches automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) take to working relations with their suppliers affect economic variables that impact bottom line results? This study is focused on exploring this question through four hypotheses:</p> <p>1. Cooperative-trusting …
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Innovation Dynamics Between Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier-1 Suppliers in the Automotive Industry
Over the past seven decades, the automotive supply chain has been restructured to a tiered system. OEMs and tier-1 suppliers innovate together through joint product development programs: each OEM has multiple suppliers working on different subsystems, and one supplier may offer similar subsystems …
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Optimizing the selection and implementation of assembly line equipment at a large automobile original equipment manufacturer
… VPE Assembly develops and installs assembly line equipment for major automobile model changes. This study included observation of the Toyota product development process and how this process is carried out within VPE Assembly. This research revealed that the assembly line equipment process employed …
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A Systems Methodology for Measuring Operational Organization Effectiveness: A Study of the Original Equipment Computer Manufacturing Industry, 1948 to 2001
<p>Optimizing operational organizational effectiveness is the central, although often unstated, goal of engineering management and systems engineering research and applications. Two fundamental problems remain to be addressed in pursuit of this goal. First, despite over fifty years of research in …
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Analysis of product development toolsets for electrical distribution systems in the automotive industry : a study inside an original equipment manufacturer
… Electrical Distribution Systems inside a sample Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The primary purpose of this study was to take in in-depth look at the integration of the system of tools utilized by the commodity department in the development of Electrical Distribution Systems components, …
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Lean product development for the automotive niche vehicle marketplace
… media coverage and fierce competition between original equipment manufacturers. Development of niche vehicles must be lean and therefore fast to beat competitors and keep customers interested. This thesis case studies a niche vehicle product development organization which has survived within a …
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Integrating Lesotho economy into the regional automotive value chain : manufacturing of car-seat covers
… components manufacturers to supply the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs - the main automotive assembly plants), and use the South African Automotive Industry as the entry point for the Lesotho components to penetrate the Regional Automotive Value Chain. The main focus of this study …
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Designing a flexible supply chain for new product launch
… is on different strategies and tactics used by original equipment manufacturers to improve supply chain flexibility through their engagement with contract manufacturers. Five case studies regarding successful product launches were documented and analyzed, and the successful strategies and …
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New Receiver Coil for Enhanced Misalignment Tolerance in Wireless Charging of Hybrid/Electric Vehicles
… charging has caught the attention of many Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). Convenience, safety and cost reduction are just some of the many benefits of this emerging technology. However, one of the current challenges associated with the development and implementation of wireless …
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Electrical build issues in automotive product development : an analysis
… successful within the automotive industry the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have to bring new products with features fast to market. The OEMs need to reduce the Product Development cycle time. Prototype builds are common in automotive product development. Reducing the number of …
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Application of STPA-Sec for analyzing cybersecurity of autonomous mining systems
… improved asset management, just to name a few. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and dealerships also benefit by gaining the ability to better manage machine lifecycles, adding additional revenue streams from auxiliary products and services like mine operating system (MOS), training, and …
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Hazard rate models for early warranty issue detection using upstream supply chain information
… and only rely on data available from the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). For any upstream supply chain information with direct history from warranty claims, the research proposes hazard rate models to link upstream supply chain information as explanatory covariates for early detection …
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A real options approach to manage flexible contracts in the telecommunication networking industry
One of the biggest challenges facing Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers in the telecommunication networking industry is to predict the spending patterns of the telecommunication service providers due to uncertainties in the economy, intense …
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Platform Ecosystem : ARM's answer to Intel's dominance
… based on a platform ecosystem-partnerships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), semiconductor companies, and software developers, has been able to counter Intel's vertically-integrated business model. This thesis will discuss the details of underlying technologies - Intel's high speed …
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Cash flow optimazation through inventory management improvements at Atlantis foundries
… in the manufacturing environment, as well as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) buyer market in the global automotive components industry, cause corporations to focus on inventory management in order to improve their cash position. At the same time, tight delivery targets demand a higher …
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Co-ordinating flows across supply chains in the low volume gas turbine industry
… Product sales are limited by the ability of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to coordinate manufacturers and assemblers to deliver turbines to customers in a timely manner. The company's logistics and supply chain systems have evolved from a traditional low volume job-shop environment …
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The evolution of the wireless equipment value chain
… nationwide cellular phone network. This wireless equipment is manufactured by an oligopoly of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). These "wireless OEMs," in turn, depend upon a growing number of "upstream" component and subsystem suppliers and "downstream" wireless operators. Together these …
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Strategic Transformation Trends within Automobile Supply Chains in the Post-Pandemic Era
… of supply chain strategies among automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the post-pandemic era, motivated by the disruptions faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study employed qualitative research methods and conducted semi-structured interviews with employees from both …
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Effect of automotive electrical system changes on fuel consumption using incremental efficiency methodology
… be needed to justify the increased cost to the Original Equipment Manufacturer. This thesis is investigating the potential for fuel economy improvements and their associated economic advantages for different vehicle electric systems. The objective is to determine the effects on fuel consumption …
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Inbound freight consolidation for US manufacturers at China
… from contract manufacturers (CMs) in China to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the States. While there has been research on consolidation, little attention has been paid to international inbound freight consolidation, which provides a potential savings opportunity in international …
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