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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Process flow"”.
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Materials lead time reduction in a semiconductor equipment manufacturing plant : process flow planning
Process flow at a semiconductor tool manufacturer was studied with the goal of reducing production order lead time to 8 hours. Current material flow systems were studied and interviews with the involved personnel were conducted. Additionally, data was extracted and analyzed from the company's SAP …
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Streamlining information and part flow by re-designing process flow to aid root cause analysis
… This is further attributed to the inefficient process flow of information and parts: there is a lack of tracking mechanism for parts which is induced from lack of ownership and value at each stage of the root cause analysis phase. A new process flow is designed around the current process to …
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Process flow improvement using value stream mapping to reduce waste and lead time in Malaysia healthcare
… intentions of this study are to investigate any process improvement that is currently being practiced by Healthcare Industry within Malaysia and reduce the waste and lead time in the process flow of patient by using VSM. VSM is one of the lean tools that can be used for process improvement in …
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Redesigning the documentation process to streamline the process flow in the field and improve the overall customer experience
… documentation, do not contribute in making this process simple. Field failures are not well reported, the failure documentation reporting is time consuming so documents are not filled in on-site, and failed parts are not always sent back to perform root cause analyses. This thesis project tackles …
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Investigating Early-Stage Process Flow and Reactor Sequencing to Maximise Gold Extraction ln the Thiosulphate Leaching of Waste Printed Circuit Boards
… Hydrometallurgical technologies present a viable processing route for the African context, where waste volumes are relatively low and energy supply is uncertain and expensive. Many lixiviants, such as cyanide, halides and aqua regia can be used to extract Au from waste PCBs. Due to its great …
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Processing technology for high quality AlGaN/GaN MOSHEMT interfaces
… This thesis focuses on studying the impact of processing conditions on the quality of the gate stack of AIGaN/GaN based MISHEMTs. First, the role of mobile ions like sodium in impacting the threshold voltage of AIGaN/GaN MIS-HEMTs was studied. Characterization techniques like bias temperature …
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Silicon/silicon Oxide Interface Roughness Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
… through a conventional shallow trench isolation process flow. We find that the autocovariance function has an exponential decay instead of a Gaussian decay. The corresponding electron and hole mobilities are measured and compared with the calculations of the mobilities that are completely …
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Data quality enhancement in oil reservoir operations : an application of IPMAP
… systems is proposed: 1. Trace the data flow and draw the IPMAP; 2. Highlight the cross-system and organizational boundaries; 3. Select data quality analytical questions based on data quality literature review; 4. Apply the analytical questions at each boundary and document the results. …
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Re-sourcing manufacturing processes in metal forming operations
… can lead a company to outsource manufacturing processes. As a result of this outsourcing, the supply chain can become very complex and overwhelming to manage. This thesis will analyze this situation from the perspective of one manufacturer, American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM). AAM's …
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Process reengineering for new product introduction at an analytical instrument manufacturing firm
The process of transforming Research and Development knowledge to successfully introducing new products in the market forms a key competency of an innovative company. This new product introduction process was studied at an analytical instrument manufacturing firm. The process of commercialization …
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Optimizing distribution center packing operations to reduce volumetric shipping costs
… center by reducing waste and optimizing process flow can result in significant cost savings regarding distribution center operation. One area with a large potential for improvement is outbound order packaging. Shipping costs are calculated based on package weight or volume, whichever …
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ADVANCED MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING - DEVELOPMENT OF THERMALLY STABLE THIN FILMS WITH HIGH STRESS TUNABILITY
… Wafers which is undesirable in manufacturing process flow due to downstream process and/or yield downside. With increasing vertical scaling up of 3D NAND cells as part of NAND development strategy/roadmap, wafer bow management is becoming increasingly critical for integration requirement, …
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Workload analysis and scheduling policies for a document processing centre
… this attachment is devoted to understanding the process flow of the department. Analysis has been done to pinpoint to the exact causes of the delay, which is at the stages of document processing and dispatching to the storage areas. The workload at each stage of document processing has been …
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Crisplant defects quantification and reduction at an amazon.com distribution center
… items by customer orders. On average., crisplant processes about 80% of the total outbound volume through its multipart operation flow. Because of high volume and complex process flow, the majority of defects, in RNO 1 FC. are seen in crisplant costing distribution center (RNO 1) significantly in …
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Utility Asset Management Programming: Performance, Sustainability and Resilience - Moving from Academia to Practice
… sustainability and resiliency goals, a work process flow was designed. A work process flow allows for visible changes in job responsibility to be more easily recognized as well as allow for future changes to be made.
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Design and fabrication of electro-thermal microcantilevers for ultrafast molecular sorting and delivery
… and delivery. Design rationale and fabrication process flow are described for six types of electro-thermal microcantilevers. Devices have been tailored for the process of separating mixtures of heterogeneous molecules into discrete detectable bands based on electrophoretic mobility, and …
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Pentacene integrated thin-film transistors and circuits
… flexible electronics due to their low processing temperatures. We have developed a near-room-temperature (< 95°C) process flow to fabricate pentacene integrated organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) compatible with plastic substrates such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Integration …
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A multi-axis approach to complexity management
… high degree of complexity exists in the product, processes, organization and supply chain at HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik GmbH, subsidiary of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen. The current state complexity results from unique market dynamics, the highly technical nature of the solutions offered and customer …
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Workflow Evaluation of Key Work Packages in Drug Product Technologies
… to increase efficiency and speed with reduced process development timelines. The research presents analysis at different altitudes of the Drug Product Technologies (DPT) processes: (1) current state analysis of commercialization milestones across 10 products; (2) current state analysis and …
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Implementing cellular manufacturing methodologies to improve the performance of a manufacturing operation
… low-volume manufacturing facilities utilize process villages, whereby similar operations are grouped together in an effort to gain efficiencies. While process villages can improve certain metrics and increase capacity utilization, many wastes can be created that outweigh most benefits. In …
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