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Title: Installation and operation of 100 horse power Sprague electro-dynamometer, including tests of 40 horse power 4 cylinder tee head Teetor motor
Creator: Erickson, Harry Elmer, Gumpper, Harold Dickinson
Date: 2009, 1914
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/installationoper00eric
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Influence of depth of fire on efficiency & capacity of a 200 H.P. stirling boiler with McKinzie Stoker
Creator: Byers, A. A., Young, D. A
Date: 2009, 1910
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/influenceofdepth00byer
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1910 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1910

Title: Installation and test of a three-ton ice making plant
Creator: Beck, C. E., Mccague, J. A., Fenn, J. G.
Date: 2009, 1911
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/installationtest00beck
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Includes bibliographical references and index

Title: A FORGOTTEN FOUNDATION OF THE BAUHAUS: PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL AESTHETICS AND THE INCEPTION OF MODERN DESIGN THEORY
Creator: Kalkatechi, Mina
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: This dissertation investigates the Bauhaus during its activity in Weimar and Dessau, as a pedagogical paradigm of modern era that drew upon...
Show moreThis dissertation investigates the Bauhaus during its activity in Weimar and Dessau, as a pedagogical paradigm of modern era that drew upon different aesthetic ideas of its past, which were set in motion by a vigorous interaction with human sciences during the era of 1890-1914. As a much-contested account of modernism, the story of the Bauhaus has been rewritten in many ways. While the dominant narrative considered the school as a forceful, autonomous entity that stood triumphant in its supposed denial of history and an innovation in modern pedagogy, studies that challenge this autonomy have been exclusive to social and political precedents of the Wilhelmine era. Yet, there remains a significant need in scholarship to fully grasp the scope of the Bauhaus as an aesthetic paradigm that goes beyond an elusive devotion to modern aesthetic ideals. My inquiry aims to position the Bauhaus as an outcome of a broader epistemological framework of its immediate past. Primarily set to address the aesthetics of everyday objects, scientific endeavors in psychology and psychophysiology during this time initiated a new aesthetics, whose main aim I argue, was to render a more humanistic prospect for modern art and architecture. This different connotation of modernity was decisive to counteract the extreme skepticism and negative mentality towards technological progress that was devoid of emotion and affect. Through discussing four discursive themes, I concoct a trajectory of different artistic attempts during 1890-1914 that act as precedents to those of the Bauhaus in 1920s. By so doing, this study highlights a significant contribution to inception of modern design at the Bauhaus: the interaction of human sciences with aesthetics at the turn of the century. This new aesthetics sought to understand its perceptual borders and created a theory of affect that engaged the Bauhaus more than it has been acknowledged in the scholarship. Although this new theory pervaded artistic realms through its interaction with social aspects of design, theories of craft and industry, and modern abstraction, it still remains a forgotten contribution to the Bauhaus. As such, the era of 1890-1914 shaped modern architectural theory more vigorously than previously realized.
Ph.D. in Architecture, December 2016
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Title: THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A MULTI-PERFORMANCE 3D PRINTED CONSTRUCTION UNIT: AN ALGORITHM TO UPGRADE THE STRUCTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE IN MASONRY UNITS CONSTRUCTION
Creator: Kalkatechi, Maryam
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: This dissertation investigates the design and prototyping process of a new masonry unit. Drawing on the advantages offered by 3D printing...
Show moreThis dissertation investigates the design and prototyping process of a new masonry unit. Drawing on the advantages offered by 3D printing industry, it seeks to improve the unit’s structural efficiency and at the same time experiment with the potential benefits of ABS plastic for its realization. The first step of this process was to formulate a parametric algorithm based on a construction unit that provided different data-sketches. Through a case-by-case analysis, the research process either used these data-sketches as the preliminary step of analysis, or used trial and error to experiment first-hand with 3D printing processes to delineate the scope of their implementation and to account for the design consequences that production techniques brought upon the final product. By such examinations, the aim is to propose a new structural system that forms a new tectonic language and offers constructability solutions for a new wall system. As the most inexpensive and available plastic, using ABS plastic for 3D printed masonry units is a promising endeavor, which all the more necessitates addressing its design challenges. To do so, this research conceived of a 3D printed unit as an arrangement of cells that combined different considerations such as handling the unit, its structural performance and modularity in a uniform, ergonomic and sustainable wall system. The key features of this assembly comprised of a waffle plate that attached the EPS panel to the slab, a sprayed EPS, the ABS plastic unit that had ties as a design element for EPS installation, an interlocking snap-fit joint that vertically fastened the units together, and a custom-designed dovetail joint for horizontal connections. The parametric algorithm modified and redefined individual cells in the corners to realize these connections. The final step of this process entailed a comprehensive comparison of the proposed wall system to alternative wall systems, namely a solid wall system, an ICF wall system, and a cavity wall system for thickness, weight and thermal performance. Using Rescheck software, I compared these wall systems to a base model set in Chicago. Ultimately, this research is a detailed elaboration of a problem-solving process that exploits the capabilities of parametric design beyond its common emphasis on creating new geometries, by means of which the proposed system offers practical solutions to the prevalent challenges in masonry unit construction.
Ph.D. in Architecture, December 2016
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Title: SYNTHESIS AND POST-SYNTHETIC MODIFICATION OF TETRAZINE-BASED ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Creator: Kang, Lili
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: Porous organic polymers (POPs) have been studied extensively over the past decade. The intrinsic porosity and tunable chemical structures have...
Show morePorous organic polymers (POPs) have been studied extensively over the past decade. The intrinsic porosity and tunable chemical structures have seen applications in gas storage, separations, and even catalysis. However, a vast majority of the POPs rely on a narrow class of monomeric units and polymerization conditions which limit the diversity of functionality in the polymers, and hence their chemical properties. To get around these issues, a micro- and mesoporous tetrazine-based organic framework with BET surface area of 170 m2/g was synthesized through palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reaction. The structure of the polymer was confirmed by solid-state 13C NMR, ATR-IR, and EDX. The 1,2,4,5-tetrazine units on the struts of the framework were active toward inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reactions, allowing for a post-synthetic introduction of different functionalities into the tetrazinebased organic frameworks (TzOF). The structures of modified polymers were verifed by solid-state 13C NMR and ATR-IR. To eliminate the use of transition metals during synthesis, a new class of sulfur-containing tetrazine-based organic framework was designed and synthesized by nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions. The resulting mesoporous polymer framework, with 3,6-dithio-1,2,4,5-tetrazine unit on the struts, showed BET surface are of 38 m2/g. The structure of the framework was confirmed by ATR-IR and EDX. Post-synthetic modifications of the polymer were also achieved by reacting with dienophiles through inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reactions. The structures of modified polymers were verified by ATR-IR. These two synthetic methods we have developed for tetrazine-based organic frameworks and their ability to introduce functionality post-synthetically brought additional functionalities to the POP family.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, May 2016
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Title: Manufacture of pure cider vinegar in the United States
Creator: Schommer, J. J.
Date: 2009, 1912
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/manufactureofpur00scho
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1912 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1912

Title: SEQUENTIAL MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR PARAMETER ESTIMATION, DYNAMIC STATE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL IN POWER SYSTEMS
Creator: Maldonado, Daniel Adrian
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: The estimation, operation and control of electrical power systems have always contained a degree of uncertainty. It is expected that, with the...
Show moreThe estimation, operation and control of electrical power systems have always contained a degree of uncertainty. It is expected that, with the introduction of technologies such as distributed generation and demand-side management, the ability of system operators to forecast the dynamic behavior of the system will deteriorate and as a result, the cost of keeping the system together will increase. Sequential Monte Carlo or Particle Filtering is a family of algorithms to efficiently perform inference in non-linear dynamic systems by exploiting their structure without assuming any linearity or normality structure. In this thesis we provide two novel ways of employing these algorithms for inference and control of power systems. First, we motivate the use Bayesian statistics in load modelling by introducing a novel statistical model to capture the aggregated response of a set of loads. We then use the model to characterize load with measurement data and prior information using the Sequential Monte Carlo algorithm. Second, we introduce the Model Predictive Control for power system stabilization. We present the use of the Sequential Monte Carlo algorithm as a way of solving the stochastic Model Predictive Control problem and we compare its performance to existing regulators. In addition, Model Predictive Control is applied to load shedding Finally, we test the performance of the algorithm in a large power system scenario.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, May 2017
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Title: Magneto testing and design
Creator: Fryburg, Warren Francis, Copenhaver, Philip Aubrey
Date: 2009, 1913
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/magnetotestingde00fryb
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: The manufacture of calcium cyanamide by the use of nitrogen obtained from combustion gases
Creator: Ford, T. Celie, Dunham, Joseph L.
Date: 2009, 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/manufactureofcal00ford
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaf 45

Title: The manufacture of acetphenetidin from phenol
Creator: Evans, S. R, Dougherty, G. T.
Date: 2009, 1917
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/manufactureoface00evan
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1917 Bibliography: leaves 30-32 B.S. in...
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Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1917 Bibliography: leaves 30-32 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1917
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Title: Toward Net Zero Energy: The Correlation Between Achitectural Forms of Tall Buildings and Wind Power Production
Creator: Babsail, Mohammed Omar
Date: 2011-07, 2011-07
Description: Tall buildings are a major component in today’s urban fabric in many parts of the world. The amount of energy they consume is extremely high....
Show moreTall buildings are a major component in today’s urban fabric in many parts of the world. The amount of energy they consume is extremely high. Architects have been showing an increasing interest in designing highly energy efficient tall buildings to reduce the energy consumption significantly and, more recently, to integrate onsite renewable energy production technologies. This integrative approach is referred to as net zero energy building (net ZEB) design. The applications of wind power in tall buildings have been of interest to many designers as the speed and, therefore, the power of the wind increases with height above the ground. A few notable international projects have been constructed that incorporate building integrated wind turbines (BIWT’s). The research presented in this thesis investigated the correlation between the architectural forms of tall buildings and the enhancement of wind power production in office buildings, towards the realization of net zero energy towers through extensive use of computer simulation software and wind tunnel testing. The wind enhancement characteristics of different case studies were determined, and the Wind Enhancement Factor (WEF) was calculated for each case, along the with annual electricity consumption based on five different climate zones. The results indicated significant wind speed enhancement by over 35% in the single tower with openings, and up to 45% in the twin tower arrangement, multiplying the energy production of the turbines by a factor of over three times. Results also showed that wind turbine technology could significantly contribute toward the net ZEB goal by generating up to 45% of the electricity demand by 2025 if the building is designed with 70% energy efficiency, when compared to the baseline of ASHRAE 90.1-2004.
Ph.D. in Architecture, July 2011
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Title: CHARGE PUMP AND LOOP FILTER IN A GHZ PHASE LOCKED LOOP DESIGN
Creator: Li, Moqu
Date: 2011-12-05, 2011-12
Description: Mobile and portable devices are becoming more and more prevailing in these years, and this makes the demands of portable telecommunication...
Show moreMobile and portable devices are becoming more and more prevailing in these years, and this makes the demands of portable telecommunication systems such as smart antennas and other phased array systems, becoming more and more important. CMOS mixed-signal design is pretty popular in today’s Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits industry for the low cost and great performance. This article is aimed to design a CMOS frequency synthesizer, in here is a Charge Pump Phase Locked Loop, and it is used to test the high speed, mixed-signal CMOS circuit design skills of the designer. The project is under usage of 65nm TSMC CMOS process technology, which is deep sub-micron technology, thus issues such as noise rejection, high frequency parasitic effects, overall efficiency, leakage current, power dissipation, etc. can be exposed and the designer’s problem solving skills can be exercised and examined. This work presents the detailed design and measurement results for a phase synthesizer using Charge Pump PLLs for achieving phase shift in the range of ±180°. Several Charge Pump PLL architectures are investigated and their advantages and limitations are evaluated in terms of frequency controllability. Commercial applications in the ZigBee (with basic of IEEE 802.15.4) band motivate this design of a Charge Pump Phase Locked Loop system in 915 MHz band in USA, since ZigBee is with 868 MHz in Europe, 915 MHz in the USA and Australia, and 2.45 GHz in most jurisdictions worldwide. The design methodology is presented which shows the flowchart of the IC design process from the system design specifications to the transistor level design. MATLAB simulations shall be used to verify the logic behavior performance. The transistor level design of every block is then evaluated for its performance in terms of phase difference synthesis and phase noise and compared with the initial modeling analysis and improved iteratively. The Charge Pump, the Loop Filter and the VCO of the PLL system is implemented in TSMC 65nm CMOS process and consumes 0.5 of power from a 1.2V power supply with a settling time of 39.40 ns.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 2011
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Title: Modern automatic electric block signal installation
Creator: Brashares, H. E.
Date: 2009, 1908
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/modernautomatice00bras
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Modern bituminous roads and pavements
Creator: Ford, Thomas Cecil
Date: 2009, 1913
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/modernbituminous00ford
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1913 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1913

Title: Augmented Reality Technologies (Semester Unknown) IPRO 355: EVS for Construction Safety IPRO 355 Business Plan Sp08
Creator: Jose, Savina, Ramsamy, Devaraj, Rusz, Vlad, Zhang, Meng, Bain, Adam, Estrada, Maximillian, Madsen, Timothy, Mizek, Jeffrey
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: In the construction industry, safety is obviously a big concern. Companies take many precautions to reduce the number of incidents that occur...
Show moreIn the construction industry, safety is obviously a big concern. Companies take many precautions to reduce the number of incidents that occur to reduce costs and save lives. As one of these precautions, construction companies purchase extra safety equipment to save the lives of workers to supplement regular required products such as hard hats. However, despite all of the safety equipment that is used, accidents still occur. For example, there was a flood in Chicago in 1992 which cost more than two billion dollars in reparations because a worker placed a wooden piling into the wrong place. Tyche Technologies will solve this problem by providing accident prevention technologies that use augmented reality (AR) to enhance the awareness of the construction worker. This additional information will let the worker know where key construction hazards are, such as the location of pipes and cables that run underground. Our team will develop a business plan and a prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of this project and attract potential sponsors/investors. The business plan will outline the market and financial feasibility of this product as well as any other problems/concerns that we foresee. The prototype will demonstrate how an AR environment can be created and relevant information uploaded and displayed to a user.
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Title: Improving Global Supply Chain Management (Spring 2011) IPRO 306: ImprovingGlobalSupplyChainManagementIPRO306PosterSp11
Creator: Bakalli, Burim, Lopez, Leonardo, Edlinger, Erhan, Doshi, Dhaval, Froment, Margaux Jeanne, Greenfield, Hannah, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Oduola, Oluwabanji, Pulido, Luis, Ramesh, Arya, Abad, Suzanne Razmi Heshat
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: IPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall...
Show moreIPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall effectiveness and efficacy of their equipment and processes. Sloan Valve has three projects with IPRO 306 will be involved, and they range in three different fields of the manufacturer. The projects which IPRO 306 will be involved are: • Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) • Cost Matrix • Green Supply Chain The Cost matrix project group seeks to develop a tool that can capture and compare the different costs the company incurs when buying parts oversees vs. domestic. Sloan's idea is to start selling their products in other parts of the world at competitive price. Some of these markets are very competitive when it comes to price. So if Sloan buys materials domestically may not be able to offer competitive pricing worldwide. By creating a cost matrix tool, the company will be able to compare costs of raw material ordered abroad versus locally and wisely decide what the best choice to pursue is. The Second project is Overall Equipment Efficiency (herein after as OEE) which will be a continuation of last semester Lean Implementation project. OEE is designed to eliminate any downtime of a machine. Through a tracking process, OEE will help eliminate downtime and efficiently determine what is causing this down time. The goal of the project is to further make the OEE process more efficient in addition to creating and perfecting a tracking system which will be able to analyze and create reports from the data that will be input into the system. The third project is the Green Supply Chain. Currently, there is no industry standard for being “green.” The goal of this project is to establish a definition of “green,” and create a cost effective, consumer appealing, way to introduce this into the Sloan Valve supply chain. After defining “green,” team members will examine and create a strategy detailing ways in which Sloan Valve can implement green initiatives into the Sloan Valve supply chain. The purpose of this document is to give a detailed overview of the project, as it is currently defined through our meetings and charters provided by Sloan Valve. This document will provide critical information about the project involving the team and its assets, team goals, conflict resolutions and more. In addition it will also provide a brief background on Sloan Valve, along with a discussion of issues facing both the company and the IPRO team. A methodology of the project will be discussed as well as key deliverables and a work breakdown structure of the project.
Sponsorship: SLOAN
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Title: Improving Global Supply Chain Management (Spring 2011) IPRO 306: ImprovingGlobalSupplyChainManagementIPRO306ProjectPlanSp11
Creator: Bakalli, Burim, Lopez, Leonardo, Edlinger, Erhan, Doshi, Dhaval, Froment, Margaux Jeanne, Greenfield, Hannah, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Oduola, Oluwabanji, Pulido, Luis, Ramesh, Arya, Abad, Suzanne Razmi Heshat
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: IPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall...
Show moreIPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall effectiveness and efficacy of their equipment and processes. Sloan Valve has three projects with IPRO 306 will be involved, and they range in three different fields of the manufacturer. The projects which IPRO 306 will be involved are: • Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) • Cost Matrix • Green Supply Chain The Cost matrix project group seeks to develop a tool that can capture and compare the different costs the company incurs when buying parts oversees vs. domestic. Sloan's idea is to start selling their products in other parts of the world at competitive price. Some of these markets are very competitive when it comes to price. So if Sloan buys materials domestically may not be able to offer competitive pricing worldwide. By creating a cost matrix tool, the company will be able to compare costs of raw material ordered abroad versus locally and wisely decide what the best choice to pursue is. The Second project is Overall Equipment Efficiency (herein after as OEE) which will be a continuation of last semester Lean Implementation project. OEE is designed to eliminate any downtime of a machine. Through a tracking process, OEE will help eliminate downtime and efficiently determine what is causing this down time. The goal of the project is to further make the OEE process more efficient in addition to creating and perfecting a tracking system which will be able to analyze and create reports from the data that will be input into the system. The third project is the Green Supply Chain. Currently, there is no industry standard for being “green.” The goal of this project is to establish a definition of “green,” and create a cost effective, consumer appealing, way to introduce this into the Sloan Valve supply chain. After defining “green,” team members will examine and create a strategy detailing ways in which Sloan Valve can implement green initiatives into the Sloan Valve supply chain. The purpose of this document is to give a detailed overview of the project, as it is currently defined through our meetings and charters provided by Sloan Valve. This document will provide critical information about the project involving the team and its assets, team goals, conflict resolutions and more. In addition it will also provide a brief background on Sloan Valve, along with a discussion of issues facing both the company and the IPRO team. A methodology of the project will be discussed as well as key deliverables and a work breakdown structure of the project.
Sponsorship: SLOAN
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Title: Improving Global Supply Chain Management (Spring 2011) IPRO 306: ImprovingGlobalSupplyChainManagementIPRO306FinalReportSp11
Creator: Bakalli, Burim, Lopez, Leonardo, Edlinger, Erhan, Doshi, Dhaval, Froment, Margaux Jeanne, Greenfield, Hannah, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Oduola, Oluwabanji, Pulido, Luis, Ramesh, Arya, Abad, Suzanne Razmi Heshat
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: IPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall...
Show moreIPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall effectiveness and efficacy of their equipment and processes. Sloan Valve has three projects with IPRO 306 will be involved, and they range in three different fields of the manufacturer. The projects which IPRO 306 will be involved are: • Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) • Cost Matrix • Green Supply Chain The Cost matrix project group seeks to develop a tool that can capture and compare the different costs the company incurs when buying parts oversees vs. domestic. Sloan's idea is to start selling their products in other parts of the world at competitive price. Some of these markets are very competitive when it comes to price. So if Sloan buys materials domestically may not be able to offer competitive pricing worldwide. By creating a cost matrix tool, the company will be able to compare costs of raw material ordered abroad versus locally and wisely decide what the best choice to pursue is. The Second project is Overall Equipment Efficiency (herein after as OEE) which will be a continuation of last semester Lean Implementation project. OEE is designed to eliminate any downtime of a machine. Through a tracking process, OEE will help eliminate downtime and efficiently determine what is causing this down time. The goal of the project is to further make the OEE process more efficient in addition to creating and perfecting a tracking system which will be able to analyze and create reports from the data that will be input into the system. The third project is the Green Supply Chain. Currently, there is no industry standard for being “green.” The goal of this project is to establish a definition of “green,” and create a cost effective, consumer appealing, way to introduce this into the Sloan Valve supply chain. After defining “green,” team members will examine and create a strategy detailing ways in which Sloan Valve can implement green initiatives into the Sloan Valve supply chain. The purpose of this document is to give a detailed overview of the project, as it is currently defined through our meetings and charters provided by Sloan Valve. This document will provide critical information about the project involving the team and its assets, team goals, conflict resolutions and more. In addition it will also provide a brief background on Sloan Valve, along with a discussion of issues facing both the company and the IPRO team. A methodology of the project will be discussed as well as key deliverables and a work breakdown structure of the project.
Sponsorship: SLOAN
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Title: Improving Global Supply Chain Management (Spring 2011) IPRO 306: ImprovingGlobalSupplyChainManagementIPRO306MidTermPresentationSp11
Creator: Bakalli, Burim, Lopez, Leonardo, Edlinger, Erhan, Doshi, Dhaval, Froment, Margaux Jeanne, Greenfield, Hannah, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Oduola, Oluwabanji, Pulido, Luis, Ramesh, Arya, Abad, Suzanne Razmi Heshat
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: IPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall...
Show moreIPRO 306 team is tasked with assisting a major plumbing manufacturer, Sloan Valve, in improving the global chain supply as well as the overall effectiveness and efficacy of their equipment and processes. Sloan Valve has three projects with IPRO 306 will be involved, and they range in three different fields of the manufacturer. The projects which IPRO 306 will be involved are: • Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) • Cost Matrix • Green Supply Chain The Cost matrix project group seeks to develop a tool that can capture and compare the different costs the company incurs when buying parts oversees vs. domestic. Sloan's idea is to start selling their products in other parts of the world at competitive price. Some of these markets are very competitive when it comes to price. So if Sloan buys materials domestically may not be able to offer competitive pricing worldwide. By creating a cost matrix tool, the company will be able to compare costs of raw material ordered abroad versus locally and wisely decide what the best choice to pursue is. The Second project is Overall Equipment Efficiency (herein after as OEE) which will be a continuation of last semester Lean Implementation project. OEE is designed to eliminate any downtime of a machine. Through a tracking process, OEE will help eliminate downtime and efficiently determine what is causing this down time. The goal of the project is to further make the OEE process more efficient in addition to creating and perfecting a tracking system which will be able to analyze and create reports from the data that will be input into the system. The third project is the Green Supply Chain. Currently, there is no industry standard for being “green.” The goal of this project is to establish a definition of “green,” and create a cost effective, consumer appealing, way to introduce this into the Sloan Valve supply chain. After defining “green,” team members will examine and create a strategy detailing ways in which Sloan Valve can implement green initiatives into the Sloan Valve supply chain. The purpose of this document is to give a detailed overview of the project, as it is currently defined through our meetings and charters provided by Sloan Valve. This document will provide critical information about the project involving the team and its assets, team goals, conflict resolutions and more. In addition it will also provide a brief background on Sloan Valve, along with a discussion of issues facing both the company and the IPRO team. A methodology of the project will be discussed as well as key deliverables and a work breakdown structure of the project.
Sponsorship: SLOAN
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