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Showing 1 to 20 of 151 for “"Overhaul"”.
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Lead Time Reduction in the Aero Engine Overhaul Industry
… 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 scenarios to achieve the required reduction.<br/><br/>On completion …
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Development of a comparative Markov model for ship overhaul policies
Thesis: Ocean E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Ocean Engineering, 1972
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Capacity planning and change management in an aerospace overhaul cell
Purpose - This thesis analyzes the transformation of the Small Components Cell in Pratt & Whitney's aftermarket division through lean manufacturing techniques. The thesis focuses on use of a labor capacity planning model, implementation of a new cell layout, and queuing theory. The project was 6.5 …
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Next generation commercial aircraft engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul capacity planning and gap analysis
… worldwide network of maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities. Matching forecasted shop visit demand to network-wide capacity is essential to ensuring the required resources are in place to quickly repair and return these assets to the airline customer. A capacity analysis methodology is …
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A case study in application of robust design methods to waterjet processes in overhaul and repair of jet engine components
… develop new for cleaning/stripping parts in the overhaul and repair cycle of jet engine components. I investigate the issues that must be answered for the introduction of a new cleaning technique. The new method uses a waterjet in place of a wet abrasive blast using a novaculite slurry solution. …
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The impact of horizontal mergers and acquisitions on supply chain management : the case of the industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul distribution sector
A great majority of commercial businesses plan to or, at least, desire to grow and expand their operations, enter new markets, obtain new technologies, and find new customers. These goals can be achieved in an organic way through slow expansion, steady project investment, gradual growth of sales, …
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Modeling and centralization of strategic inventory for repairable and long lead-time spare parts
… and long leadtime spare parts for an Engine overhaul business. In addition, it presents a business case for centralization of inventory. Pratt & Whitney purchased the Norway Engine Center (NEC) in 2000. Two new engine centers, the Shanghai Engine Center (SEC) and the Turkey Engine Center …
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Rethinking the institutional structure of financial regulation in an era of fintech: the Nigerian case
… in the study suggests that instead of a complete overhaul, Nigeria should prioritise introducing piecemeal reforms to rectify the deficiencies in its current institutional structure. However, the study also proposes that an overhaul of the existing institutional structure could be explored in the …
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'Inspiring Futures' - How social impact measurement as a form of organisational performance management can enhance outcomes for children and young people in custody
… from this research, the STCs require significant overhaul to ensure their purpose and direction are clear. Although significant overhaul is required before implementing the SIM framework, research findings contributed to the development of a rehabilitative environment model that identifies the …
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Analysis of Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer network for international payments
The payment system is due for an overhaul. The antiquated infrastructure that runs the funds transfer network belongs to the pre-Internet era. As a result, international payments are expensive, slow, cumbersome, and not as secure as they could be. This thesis argues that the cryptocurrency Bitcoin …
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Exploring Pedestrianism in Contemporary Streetscape Planning: A Scrutiny of the YongeTOmorrrow Initiative in Downtown Toronto
… However, the plan under scrutiny proposes an overhaul to the streetscape that creates a reinvented pedestrianism. This is a danger to publicness, as its benefits will be limited to businesses and their middle-class consumers, whose presence and interests are prioritized. Meanwhile, …
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COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CONVERTING WASP CLASS LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD) STEAM PROPULSION PLANTS TO HYBRID PROPULSION
… net present value with recommended complex overhaul schedule changes. Recommendations are made to maximize benefits to the Navy, considering potential changes in force structure and follow-on studies.
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Neutralizing the Conversation Between Physicians and Patients to Increase Vaccination Rates
This paper sets out to encourage an overhaul in how the vaccine topic is approached by physicians when interacting with patients. In an effort to bridge the gap between government public health interests and personal autonomy, this paper advocates changing informed consent practices to their …
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Data compression application to the MIL-STD 1553 avionics data bus.
… resources to avoid extensive costs of system overhaul. Specifically, F/A-18 C/D Aircraft is approaching message capacity on its MIL-STD-1553 buses. To slow this assent to capacity limits, one possible solution implements data compression techniques to increase bandwidth. In these efforts, this …
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Rethinking the welfare state: towards an alternative to the American welfare state
… that the current welfare system needs an overhaul, but there is considerable disagreement on how this should or could be accomplished. Neither liberal nor conservative reform proposals can be understood as solutions to the problem because they lack an appropriate analytical framework. This …
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Sounding the Floor: Advancing Inclusive Firefighter Culture
… call upon leaders to orchestrate systemic overhaul, embrace inclusive practices, and consider broader outcomes and potential impacts to the organization, the fire service industry, and academic discourse regarding inclusion efforts afforded visibly marginalized emergency responders. …
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Instance-Optimized Data Structures for Membership Queries
… their performance without any significant overhaul of the system or labor-intensive manual tuning.
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The physical and economic impacts of urban flooding on critical infrastructure & surrounding communities: a decision-support framework
… systems in place there is a need for a national overhaul of the methods currently active for the mitigation and protection of vulnerable critical infrastructure and the communities devastated by natural disasters. This thesis presents a framework and research approach to provide a means to …
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Design, Analysis, Optimization and Control of Rotor Tip Flows
… removal of the turbine components during overhaul. Due to the hot gases coming from the upstream combustion chamber, the turbine blades are subjected to temperatures far above the metal creep temperature, combined with severe thermal stresses induced within the blade material. Inadequate …
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The alignment between curriculum objectives and assessment of IsiXhosa at Grade 12 level
… the education system required an extensive overhaul to ensure that the inequalities of the past do not continue to dominate the education system. As a result, a number of debates took place and in 1998 a new educational model that is competency based was introduced (Taylor & Vinjevold, …
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