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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"cost impact"”.
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Weight and cost impact of large stand off distances on ships.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Ocean Engineering, 1977
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Robust control of cost impact on fast-tracking building construction projects
… may shorten delivery time and lower project costs. However, it should be highlighted that fast tracking also inherits a greater potential for an unexpected cost increase due to uncertainty in planning and management. To handle such inherent risks, fast-tracking should be undertaken with …
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Implementation of Genetic Carrier Screening In The Ob Population: Healthcare Cost Impact and Recommendation Adherence
… tests by providers, and subsequent unnecessary costs to the healthcare system. Professional organizations, such as ACOG and ACMG, develop guidelines to aid providers in ordering appropriate genetic testing. In this study, the ordering of carrier screening by obstetricians and genetic counselors …
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Evaluation of the cost impact of ocean freight for outbound logistics from a supply chain perspective
… pressure for supply chains to develop cost-efficient distribution channels. The replacement of air freight by ocean freight on Nokia Corporation's outbound logistics presents a potential opportunity for substantial supply chain cost reduction. This thesis investigates the impact across …
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Fulfillment supply chain strategy evaluation : understanding cost drivers through comprehensive logistics modeling
… it is a challenge to accurately measure the impact of a given strategy on logistics costs quickly and efficiently. While much focus has been given to supply chain strategy as a whole, less has been applied to specific implications of packaging fulfillment decisions. The goal of this research …
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Design and Validation of Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed for Proximity Operations Payloads
… development. This research demonstrates a low-cost, hardware-in-the-loop testing apparatus for use with university CubeSat programs for testing throughout the different levels of the development process. The average university CubeSat program undergoes very little hardware-in-the-loop testing. …
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Life-cycle cost modeling and Optimization for capital equipment procurement
… equipment makes it an ideal starting place for cost optimization. Cost modeling and the framework created by this research provide input to understand the cost impact of the complex decision between multiple part capacity and single part capacity autoclaves. The results of this research include …
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Cost modeling for monoclonal antibody manufacturing
… their product line but is also trying to reduce costs; cost pressures are increasing as biotech products become a larger part of Novartis' pipeline. The site uses a standard cost method to calculate their product costs. However, when using standard costs it can be time-consuming to extrapolate …
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Feeder Performance Analysis with Distributed Algorithm
… parameters such as efficiency, loading, losses, cost impact, power factor, three phase imbalance, capacity usage and others, providing detailed operating information for the system, and an overview of the performance of every circuit in the system. A diakoptics tearing method and Graph Trace …
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A multi-factor model for evaluating manufacturing defect opportunities in six sigma analysis
… detection ease, (iv) correction time, and (v) cost impact. This new equation accounts for all possible differentiating characterizations between possible defects. In effect we get a scaled down number of defect opportunities which eliminates the six sigma inflation problem. For each factor, a …
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Evaluating passenger delays in the US domestic air transportation system
… System (NAS) performance evaluation is the cost impact of air traffic delays, and more generally capacity limitations, on the traveling passengers. In previous research it has been conclusively shown that flight delay data and flight centric metrics fail to accurately represent the passenger …
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An investigation into the need and implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in Libyan cement industry
… of assets. Inadequate maintenance can have cost impact on the maintenance performance and production. Following the privatisation of the Cement industry in Libya, companies are now interested in improving productivity, reducing cost, improving maintenance procedures and reducing the negative …
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QUANTIFYING THE COST OF DATA CENTER COOLING APPROACHES INCLUDING SERVICE-LEVEL AGREEMENTS
This thesis developed a comprehensive cost model for evaluating and comparing the financial viability of different data center cooling systems. As data center demand and energy consumption rise, driven by AI and cloud computing, optimizing cooling systems is critical for reducing operational …
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Visual Quality Integerated Cost Model For Developing Green Neighborhoods: An Optimization Approach
… to favorable views and minimizing the visual impact values. Furthermore, improving the visual quality will have a direct impact on the profitability of any neighborhood development project as well achieving points for certain sustainable rating systems such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and …
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Cost estimation of functional and physical changes made to complex systems
Current cost estimation practices rely on statistically relating physical parameters of a system to historical cost data. Unfortunately, this method is unable to effectively communicate the increasing complexity of system design to cost data. Additionally, current cost estimation techniques have …
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Modelling the Demand for Long-term Care to Optimise Local Level Planning
… surrounding how future demographic shifts may impact the LTC system’s ability to cater to increasing amounts of patients not withstanding what the future cost impact might be. With that said, few studies have attempted to model demand at the local level for the purposes of informing local …
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Implication of information disruption to supply chain improvement strategy decision - an entropy perspective
Impact studies relating to information security breach are few and somewhat understudied. This study was carried out with a view to create a better understanding of how information security breaches affect the performance of the supply chain and the role certain strategic factors (also called …
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A systems-engineering assessment of multiple CubeSat build approaches
… failures, and their relationship to program cost, in order to assess multiple build approaches with a goal of maintaining the advantages of CubeSat missions while increasing reliability. In this work, the multiple approaches are called "beta build strategies," and we show that satellite …
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Quantitative Assessment of Cybersecurity Risk Variability Across Transportation Modes
… vulnerability, threat, detection speed, cost impact, severity, and success rate. Descriptive statistics, pairwise z-tests, and ordered logistic regression were used to evaluate how cybersecurity risk differs across transportation modes and which factors are associated with higher …
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Cost-optimized warehouse storage type allocations
… offs between the capital, fixed and variable costs of Amazon's storage related operational decisions, leading to inefficient warehouse storage type allocations and higher operational costs. The focus of this six-month LGO internship was to develop a cost model that takes into account all …
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