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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"System Improvement"”.
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Newton: Computer system improvement through comparative macroperformance analysis
In recent years, computer systems with complex architectural features have been designed and built without a complete understanding of the performance impact of the features. All current systems with complex architectures deliver only a small fraction of their theoretical peak performance on all …
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Production system improvement : floor area reduction and inventory optimization
This thesis shows improvements of a medical device production system. The demand at the Medical Device Manufacturing Company (MDMC¹) is low for the occlusion system product and there is a need to introduce other production lines on the floor. MDMC gave the challenge to the MIT team to improve the …
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Production system improvement : floor area reduction and visual management
… production rate. A thorough study of the current system was conducted and preliminary analysis on the current system efficiency was evaluated. Design concepts were generated based on major reduction opportunities, namely removal of non-production areas on the floor, a point of use inventory …
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Large scale C3 systems : experiment design and system improvement
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1986.
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Production system improvement : floor area reduction and cycle time analysis
… floor space required for an occlusion system product by one third. The team first cataloged equipment location and size, detailed the processes to make the product, and created a model for prototyping designs. The model allowed for multiple proposals of designs to the stakeholders …
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Production system improvement at a medical devices company : floor layout reduction and manpower analysis
… of space and manpower for the occlusion system product. This thesis shows the approaches and methodology used to reduce the occlusion system's floor area from 1528 ft² to 1052 ft². Also, it provides a detailed analysis of the manpower at the occlusion system assembly lines. The analysis …
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Increasing Access To Interventional Pain Management Therapies For Palliative Care Patients With Cancer Through Referral System Improvement
… this project was to improve the current referral system of patients to the Smilow Pain Clinic, and as a result to improve access to highly specialized pain management interventions. </p> <p>Methods:</p> <p>1. Two-phase review of literature, pertaining to:</p> <p>a. palliative care, interventional …
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Evaluating Network Analysis and Agent Based Modeling for Investigating the Stability of Commercial Air Carrier Schedules
… the Next Generation Air Transportation System plans for National Airspace System improvement. These improvements attempt to address air transportation holistically, but often address individual improvements in one arena such as ground or in-flight equipment.</p> <p>In fact, air …
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Impact of RFID information-sharing coordination over a supply chain with reverse logistics
… coordination that can provide better system improvement depending on the supply chain scenarios and factors.</p>
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Detection of Fast Moving Pulses in a Noisy Environment
… to improve timing measurement accuracy of systems processing Gaussian pulses distorted by noise. The approach involves M/N detection, integration, and either correlation or threshold timing measurement techniques. The gain of this process is an increase of the detection capabilities of the …
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Perceptions of developers in green home project in Kuala Lumpur
… about green housing and propose solution for improvement green home project in Kuala Lumpur. The methodology used in this study is questionnaire and it is targeted 200 developer’s firms in Kuala Lumpur.The introduction of Green home rating system, improvement of awareness and knowledge among …
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Power system balancing with high renewable penetration : the potential of demand response
… a version of the Danish electricity and heat system with an enhanced level of wind generation. The study found that demand response reduced the marginal operating cost of the electrical system 3%. Demand response reduced CO₂ /SO₂ emissions levels 3% by enabling 11% more generation of wind …
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Navigating the Mental Healthcare Network through a Communication Complex Perspective: An Autoethnography
… as a dynamic process that is both bioactive and systemic. The method of study is autoethnography and with detailed stories that the author has gone through in their own mental health journey. Autoethnography is a method that seeks to provide evocative and rich description of an individual within …
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Ultra-wideband Small Scale Channel Modeling and its Application to Receiver Design
… of indoor UWB channels for communications and to system level design issues for UWB receivers. Measurement based UWB small scale modeling and characterization efforts as well as UWB communications system analysis and simulation are presented. Relevant background material related to UWB …
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Operator task analysis of a shipboard electronic warfare system
… this work was to evaluate an electronic warfare system from a human factors engineering perspective. The evaluation began by looking at the top-level system requirements and included a functional analysis of critical components of the man-machine interface. Once a critical operator task was …
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Assessing the effectiveness of the lean service principle: A case study of the management services division, Swaziland
… control of the wage bill, but is methods and system improvement techniques. They are designed for value creation in the delivery of goods or services to the end-user. They are customer centric teclmiques. To this end, the MSD has been applying the wrong methodologies in wage bill control, …
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Applications of Biological Integrity within the National Wildlife Refuge System Region 5
The passage of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (NWRSIA) and subsequent implementation of 601 FW 3: Biological Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health Policy (hereafter, the “Integrity Policy”) represented a groundbreaking paradigm shift for refuge management. …
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Mapping and tracking the complexity of financial flows through non-state non-profit (faith-based) health providers in Kenya
In strengthening health systems, the World Health Report 2000 indicates that health system improvement strategies must also cover private (for-profit and non-profit) health care provision and financing if progress towards Universal Health Coverage is to be achieved. Yet very little is known about …
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Indications, challenges, and characteristics of successful implementation of perioperative registries in low resource settings: A systematic review
Background Data is central to healthcare system improvement. Perioperative registries can be utilised for quality improvement initiatives through tracking outcomes, developing risk prediction models, and supporting policymakers and health professionals in making evidence-based decisions and …
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Mechanical structures interactive laboratory
… on elastic structures. Users of the system are able to obtain data from experiments they perform on the structures form a remote location. The system is designed to allow new experiments to be easily added, and can support all levels of mechanical structures courses currently oered at …
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