Evaluating modeling techniques for quantifying production risk in contact lens manufacturing

Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV) is a leading manufacturer of contact lenses offering a variety of vision correction products. They have a strong commitment to innovation--defining new product categories and improving existing ones--to better patient outcomes, but this poses a challenge for machine production capacity and long-term planning. As medical devices, contact lenses must first be qualified and validated to run on lines. Additionally, capital equipment has a multi-year lead time from design and order to onsite implementation. Taken together, these constraints add great complexity to JJV's supply chain. The JJV team has a strong capability in aggregate demand planning but determining the right product mix can be difficult as consumer tastes change, new products are uncertain, and the future cannot be predicted.

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Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Sloan School of Management

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Neff, Margaret E.(Margaret Ellen)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David Simchi-Levi and Sean P. Willems.

• Sloan School of Management.
• Civil and Environmental Engineering.
• Leaders for Global Operations Program.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126910

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