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Arsenault, Reginald W. "Creation of a CRM selection methodology for the aerospace & defense industry." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/rarsenault2006.pdf.
Full textJohnstone, Jeffrey Carl, and Patrick Daniel Keavney. "Pricing Strategy, Pricing Stability and Financial Condition in the Defense Aerospace Industry." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/41618.
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The purpose of this research is to determine if pricing strategy and pricing stability for products in the defense aerospace industry can be predicted based on a firm's financial condition. The sample for this research includes 17 contractors and 52 missile and aircraft programs. Two separate issues are addressed. The first issue concerns the relationship between financial condition and contractor pricing strategy. The second concerns the relationship between organizational slack and pricing stability. The overall findings are: 1) That a limited amount of variation in pricing strategy can be explained through the use of a linear regression model using financial ratios; and 2) That no apparent relationship exists between organizational slack and pricing stability.
Vaughn, Amanda F. (Amanda Faith) 1977. "A holistic approach to manufacturing system design in the defense aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82236.
Full textRose, William B. (William Burford). "The Introduction of Robotic Technology: Perceptions of the Work Force of an Aerospace Defense Company." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330596/.
Full textMyers, Kevin Michael. "Building flexibility in the volatile aftermarket parts : supply chains of the defense aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39695.
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Within the Integrated Defense Systems of The Boeing Company, aftermarket support of military aircraft serves as an increasingly large source of revenue. One of the newest contracts between Boeing and the U.S. Government created such a supply partnership at the Army Rotorcraft Repair Depot in Corpus Christi, Texas. At this depot, all Army helicopters, including Boeing's AH-64 Apache Attack helicopter and CH-47 Chinook Cargo helicopter undergo major repair and overhaul. In 2004, Boeing entered an agreement with the U.S. Government to assume responsibility of the repair depot's supply chain for aftermarket parts for Boeing rotorcraft. Over the last two years, Boeing has been creating and refining Corpus Christi's support structure to ensure that the required repair parts arrive when demanded. In establishing this new supply chain, Boeing has identified numerous inefficiencies as a result of inaccurate and highly volatile forecasts. This thesis examines the impact of volatility within the new support structure and creates flexible solutions to mitigate its negative effects on lead times, multiple sources of supply and inventory management.
(cont.) Efforts to increase communication flow across the supply chain are used to capitalize on economies of scale for cost reduction while safety stock recommendations are made for critical end-items. Monte Carlo simulations are employed to justify and validate the solutions. The results of the thesis reveal that a strategic selection of raw material safety stock can reduce procurement lead times by an average 61% for a subset of parts while maintaining financial responsibility. Additionally, by leveraging cost reduction techniques, an average increase of 11% in Boeing's income from sales can be achieved while eliminating inefficient administrative delays and increasing customer fulfillment rates. These two recommendations demonstrate specific solutions for mitigating the effects of demand volatility and inaccurate forecasting.
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Wood, David J. H. "Corporate consolidation an event study of historic stock prices in the defense aerospace industry." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FWood.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Laverson, Alan. Second Reader: Gates, William. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Defense industry, Consolidations, Mergers, Acquisitions, Event study, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-58). Also available in print.
Pomponi, Renata Alma. "Control of manufacturing processes with MRP II : benefits and barriers in the defense aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11167.
Full textShaw, Thomas E., Alexander Lengyel, and Greg Ferre. "An Assessment of the Degree of Implementation of the Lean Aerospace Initiative Principles and Practices within the US Aerospace and Defense Industry." Defense Contract Management Agency, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7320.
Full textNishizaki, Santor. "Work environment preferences of Los Angeles Generation Y contract managers in the defense and aerospace industry." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3631046.
Full textThere are currently 4 different generations in the workplace, and the newest generation, Generation Y, has caused leaders within organizations to rethink their management and workplace cultural approach to leading this emerging generation. This qualitative phenomenological dissertation examines the work environment preferences of Generation Y contract managers who work in the Los Angeles area in the defense and aerospace industry by interviewing 11 participants from both the public and private sectors. The research indicates that this new generation, Generation Y or Millennials, prefer to have autonomy over their workload and schedule, but prefer to have their direct manager active in a mentoring and coaching role, rather than acting as a task-master. In addition, the participants in this study preferred a healthy amount of pressure, but not too much of a workload that would cause them to fail. Lastly, this dissertation found that Millennials have a high preference for innovation and using innovative technology in the workplace to increase efficiency.
Eady, Levern. "Job embeddedness and intention of voluntary turnover in the aerospace and defense industry| A quantitative study." Thesis, Capella University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3643057.
Full textEmployee turnover is one of the greatest problems facing top management teams. The general problem is that employee undesirable voluntary turnover regularly occurs in organizations. This study of job embeddedness is unprecedented and is the first scholarly work using a sample from the Aerospace and Defense Industry. The purpose of this quantitative study was to evaluate the primary data collected to examine the linear association between job (organization and community) embeddedness at the sub-dimension (fit, links, and sacrifice) level and voluntary turnover in the Aerospace and Defense Industry subpopulation System Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support contract workforce. The sample (n = 185) included full-time working adults age 18 to 65 in the United States. The respondents, for two weeks in mid-Spring 2014, self-reported and completed a Likert scale survey as the primary data collection instrument. Three research questions were investigated. Research question 1 determined the relationship between on-the-job embeddedness and voluntary turnover amongst defense SETA support contract employees. The study findings revealed there is a significant relationship between on-the-job embeddedness and intention to voluntary turnover. Research question 2 determined the relationship between off-the-job embeddedness and voluntary turnover amongst defense SETA support contract employees. The study findings revealed there is a significant relationship between off-the-job embeddedness and intention to voluntary turnover. Research question 3 asked, "What is the difference between age, job embeddedness, and voluntary turnover amongst defense SETA support contract employees?" This research question was eliminated because of data skew. In addition, significant gender statistical analysis differences exist.
Bakkila, Michelle Vivian. "A system dynamics analysis of the interaction between the U.S. government and the defense aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47560.
Full textStalker, Joshua D. "A Reading Preference and Risk Taxonomy for Printed Proprietary Information Compromise in the Aerospace and Defense Industry." NSUWorks, 2012. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/314.
Full textLatham, Michael John. "Restructuring the West European defence aerospace industry : a "domestic filtration" approach." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.521958.
Full textWheeler, Benjamin (Benjamin Ray). "Reducing enterprise IT fragmentation through standard metrics and decision tools : a case study in the aerospace and defense industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66041.
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Over the last several decades, manufacturing companies around the world have embraced new and powerful business tools made possible with Information Technology. Major investments are frequently made in enterprise-wide systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to take advantage of cost saving opportunities. While promising in concept, system implementations can grow to be expensive and complicated during execution, commonly resulting in project de-scoping and sacrifices in functionality and integration. If not carefully managed, this can ultimately lead to an environment of costly custom workaround solutions for years to follow, subverting the central goal of the original investment. This thesis presents a case study examining Raytheon's initiative to launch an enterprise ERP system (SAP PRISM) in an effort to standardize and modernize supply chain operations. Within the SAP implementation, the repair and retrofit, or depot, business had major integration components de-scoped due to cost constraints. As a result numerous systems have been developed to manage the business, leading to difficulties in process alignment across manufacturing programs. This work introduces a pilot project with the objective of re-aligning business processes by delivering a portal of common metrics and decision tools to the manufacturing and operations community. With the common portal, the user community gains access to existing centralized data, reducing the need for isolated application development and enabling richer capability.
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Gaspar, João Filipe Carvalho Medeiros Morais. "Equity research - Lockheed Martin Corporation." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20817.
Full textEste projeto representa uma avaliação detalhada da Lockheed Martin Corporation, obedecendo à estrutura de Trabalho Final de Mestrado, neste caso projeto, do Mestrado de Finanças do ISEG. Este, foi escrito com base nas instruções dadas pelo CFA Institute. Escolher a LMT baseou-se, primeiramente no meu interesse pessoal sobre a indústria aeroespacial & defesa, que atualmente está a ganhar cada vez mais relevância, devido ao aumento das tensões geopolíticas, e segundamente, devido à LMT ser a maior empresa de defesa norte americana, e ao meu desejo de melhor entender como a empresa se organiza. Este relatório contempla informação disponível até 14 de outubro de 2020, e qualquer informação posterior não será refletida nesta avaliação. O preço alvo foi calculado usando o método de avaliação absoluta, o Discount Cash Flow Method (DCF), e sustentado pelo Dividend Discount Model (DDM), Adjusted Present Value (APV) e por métodos de avaliação relativa. É expectável para o fim de 2021 que o preço alvo seja $480,05, representando um potencial de 23% face ao preço de 14 de outubro, $390,72. Os maiores riscos associados à LMT são a elevada dependência do Governo, o impacto do Covid-19 e a disrupção da cadeia de abastecimento. Portanto, tendo em conta este potencial de subida como de médio risco, a nossa recomendação é no sentido de compra.
This project represents a detailed valuation of Lockheed Martin Corporation, guided by the structure of ISEG?s Master of Finance final work project. It also was written following the recommendations of the CFA Institute. The reason behind choosing LMT lies on, primarily, to my personnel interest on the Aerospace & Defense industry, which is becoming more and more relevant nowadays, due to the increasing geopolitical tensions, and secondly due to LMT being the biggest defense player in the USA, and my desire to better understand the organization. This report contemplates only the information available until October 14, 2020, any information or event after this specific date will not be reflected on this valuation. The price target was calculated using the absolute valuation method, the Discounted Cash Flow Method (DCF), and was supplement by the Dividend Discount Method (DDM), Adjusted Present Model (APV) and relative valuation method. It is expected that at the end of 2021 the target price will be $480,05/sh, representing a potential upside of 23% against the closing price of October 14th of $390,72/sh. The main risks associated with LMT's operations are the Governance dependence, Covid-19 impact, and Supply Chain disruption. Thus, taking this upside potential in consideration as a medium risk associated with this company, our recommendation is to buy.
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Darling, Eric J. (Eric John) Carleton University Dissertation Management Studies. "A study of government-business partnerships in the aerospace/defence electronics industry." Ottawa, 1990.
Find full textBarnett, Neil John. "A proposed model for servitization based collaboration in the UK Aerospace Defence industry." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2016. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/27696/.
Full textCollison, Kurt Ryan. "The South African military aerospace industry: An overview of the special defence account more commmonly known as 'The South African Arms Deal'." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5741_1256300601.
Full textThe paper focuses specifically on the South African Military Aerospace Industry as most of the weapons procured under the arms deal were military aircraft. Taking into account the numerous social needs of South Africa, the purpose of this paper is to inter alia try to establish the rationale behind the South African government's decision to to purchase an array of military weapons from foreign suppliers at an initial cost of almost thirty billion rand. In order to gain a better undrstanding of the topic, the author gives a brief overview and history of the South African Aerospace industry.Furthermore, an examination of the politics of the transition from apartheid to democracy and how this affected the aeropace industry is given.
Cullen, Penny-Anne. "Contractual and working relations in the aerospace industry: A comparison of the Civil and defence sectors." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500586.
Full textJackson, Ian. "The economics of the UK aerospace industry : a transaction cost analysis of defence and civilian firms." Thesis, University of York, 2004. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10976/.
Full textRaja, Sandeep. "The systematic development of Direct Write (DW) technology for the fabrication of printed antennas for the aerospace and defence industry." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14930.
Full textGartzke, Ulf. "The Boeing / McDonnell Douglas and EADS mergers : ethnocentric vs. regiocentric consolidation in the aerospace and defence industry and the implications for international relations." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2010. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/266/.
Full textBergstedt, Malin. "Sales and Operations Planning Framework : How to balance demand and supply for a project-oriented and complex organization operating inthe aerospace and defence industry." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Produktionsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156501.
Full textSiqueira, Richard Wilson Borrozine de. "Políticas públicas, desenvolvimentos na área espacial e a evolução da produção aeronáutica brasileira pós - 1990." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2010. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9415.
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The objective of this dissertation is to discuss the relationship between public policy and the evolution of the Brazilian aircraft production in the post - 1990. The study is justifiable to consider the need to understand how aircraft manufacturing in Brazil, a symbol of technological success of the country, has evolved over a period of profound change and which would have been the role of public policies in this process. In two early chapters we characterize the aviation industry without neglecting technological efforts in the government space sector regarded as important for the evolution of scientific and national aviation, and discuss theoretical issues related to an evolutionary framework. The third part describes how it has evolved from the Brazilian aircraft production, including the post - 1990 and in the last item we analyze the current role of public policies for the sector
O objetivo desta dissertação é discutir a relação entre as políticas públicas e a evolução da produção aeronáutica brasileira no período pós - 1990. O estudo é justificável ao considerarmos a necessidade de se compreender de que maneira a produção aeronáutica brasileira, símbolo de sucesso tecnológico do país, evoluiu ao longo de um período de intensas transformações bem como qual teria sido o papel das políticas públicas neste processo. Nos dois capítulos iniciais caracterizamos a indústria aeronáutica, sem negligenciarmos os esforços tecnológicos governamentais na área espacial tido como elemento importante para a evolução da produção científica e aeronáutica nacional, e discutimos aspectos teóricos correlacionados em uma matriz teórica evolucionista. Na terceira parte descrevemos de que modo se deu a evolução da produção aeronáutica brasileira, incluindo o período pós - 1990, e no último item analisamos o papel atual das políticas públicas para o setor
Carneiro, Duarte Maria Filipe. "Equity research - Airbus SE." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20702.
Full textO seguinte Relatório de Equity Research da Airbus foi escrito em conformidade com o formato recomendado pelo Instituto CFA, e reflecte a informação pública da empresa publicada até 30 de Junho de 2020. O projecto começa com uma descrição empresarial da empresa, incluindo uma introdução à sua história, uma análise detalhada a cada segmento operacional, e as estratégias concebidas para o futuro. Além disso, o ESG é também destacado no presente relatório. Além disso, uma análise aprofundada da Indústria menciona as tendências A&D, as perspectivas económicas, o modelo PESTEL, e os motores da oferta e da procura da Indústria. O Posicionamento Competitivo é também fornecido, através da análise SWOT. O Preço Alvo de 74,81 euros para 30 de Junho de 2021, equivalente a um potencial de +17,80% de aumento em relação ao preço fechado em 30 de Junho de 2020 (63,52 euros) foi calculado através do modelo DCF, utilizando o Fluxo de Caixa Livre para a Empresa (FCFF). Foram utilizados outros métodos de avaliação, incluindo o Modelo de Desconto Dividido, o Valor Presente Ajustado, o FCFE, a Avaliação Relativa através de múltiplos de pares. Foi realizada uma simulação de Monte Carlo. O relatório inclui a análise de sensibilidade a alguns riscos seleccionados para o preço-alvo, nomeadamente as taxas de produção de aeronaves comerciais, o custo médio ponderado do capital (WACC) e a taxa de crescimento do terminal (g). Traduzido com a versão gratuita do tradutor - www.DeepL.com/Translator
The following Equity Research Report on Airbus was written in line with the research report format recommended by the CFA Institute, and it reflects the public information of the company published until 30th June 2020. The project starts with a business description of the Company, including an introduction to its history, a detailed analysis to each operational segment, and the strategies designed for the future. In addition, ESG is also highlighted in the present report. Moreover, an In-depth Industry analysis mentions the A&D trends, the economic outlook, the PESTEL model, and the supply and demand drivers of the Industry. The Competitive Positioning is also provided, through the SWOT analysis. The Price Target of €74.81 for 30th June 2021, equivalent to a +17.80% upside potential from the close price on 30th June 2020 (€63.52) was computed through the DCF model, using the Free Cash Flow to Firm (FCFF). Other valuation methods were used, including the Dividend-Discount Model, the Adjusted Present Value, the FCFE, the Relative Valuation through Peers' multiples. A Monte Carlo Simulation was performed. The report includes sensitivity analysis to a few selected risks to the price target, namely the Commercial Aircraft production rates, the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and the terminal growth rate (g).
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Teixeira, Anderson Matos. "Cooperação no desenvolvimento de aeronaves militares a partir das estruturas regionais : lições do F-104 e Tornado para a Unasul." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/149522.
Full textNo cenário internacional do pós Segunda Guerra Mundial, surgiram vários esforços de cooperação e integração regional em todo o mundo. Alguns tiveram maior avanço na integração, como a União Europeia. Mas o ponto é que, os esforços que mais avançaram possuíam uma agenda de segurança e cooperação em defesa, além do econômico. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo, compreender como os arranjos cooperativos em material aeronáutico de defesa podem influenciar na integração regional e extrair inferências aplicáveis à Unasul. Logo, partimos da pergunta de, como diferentes modelos de cooperação no desenvolvimento de aeronaves militares impactam no processo de integração regional? Pensamos que a cooperação no desenvolvimento de material aeronáutico militar, a partir da criação de uma cadeia produtiva regionalizada tem a capacidade de contribuir para uma melhor relação entre os membros da UNASUL, superando os entraves e visões distorcidas que dificultam o processo de integração regional. Para isso, a pesquisa se estruturará entorno da Política Comparada, apoiado por outras correntes teóricas das Relações Internacionais. No caso, iremos analisar as lições que podem ser aprendidas com o desenvolvimento dos programas europeus, com os caças F-104 e Panavia Tornado. Está tese se estruturará em quatro capítulos: inicialmente sobre a questão da cooperação em defesa, tanto pelo aspecto conceitual e teórico, como pelo viés pratico, com o debate sobre regionalismo. Seguindo, na parte dois, com uma analise da indústria aeronáutica e do seu reflexo como poder no sistema internacional. Na parte três, analiso os programas F-104 e Tornado e como contribuíram no processo de integração na Europa. Finalizando, na parte quatro, debato como as lições dos programas analisados no capitulo 3, podem ser aplicados no caso da Unasul, ressaltando a interferência de potencias externas e as visões sobre cooperação entre os membros do bloco.
Post international scenario Second World War, there were several efforts of regional cooperation and integration in the world. Some had major advance in integration, such as the European Union. But the point is that it advanced more efforts had a security agenda and cooperation in defense, and economic. This research aims to understand how cooperative arrangements in defense aircraft equipment can influence regional integration and draw inferences applicable to Unasur. So we start with the question of how different models of cooperation in the development of military aircraft impact on the regional integration process? We believe that cooperation in the development of military aircraft equipment, from the creation of a regionalized supply chain has the ability to contribute to a better relationship between the members of UNASUR, overcoming barriers and distorted views that hinder the process of regional integration. For this, the research will be structured around the Comparative Politics, supported by other current theories of International Relations. In this case, we will examine the lessons that can be learned from the development of European programs, with the F-104 and Panavia Tornado fighters. You thesis will be structured in four chapters: first on the issue of defense cooperation, both the conceptual and theoretical aspect, as the practical bias, with the debate on regionalism. Following, in part two, with an analysis of the aviation industry and its reflection as power in the international system. In part three, we analyze the F-104 programs and Tornado and contributed to the process of integration in Europe. Finally, in part four, I discuss how the lessons of the programs analyzed in Chapter 3, can be applied in the case of UNASUR, emphasizing the interference of external powers and views on cooperation between members of the bloc.
Falco, James A. (James Anthony) 1955. "Offsets and the aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10008.
Full textLungu, Sorin. "European defense market integration : the aerospace sector in 1987-1999 /." Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 2005.
Find full textChair: Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. Submitted to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 358-398). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;
Landahl, Olof. "Weather visualization for the aerospace industry." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-95274.
Full textFerre, Gregoire 1978. "IT management in the aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27014.
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(cont.) payoff IT investments. When the North American Aerospace Industry invests less than any other industry in the high risk investments, its foreign counterpart invests more than any other industry. The second major finding is that the governance mechanisms in place are similar in the two Aerospace Industry segments, contrary to the IT Portfolios. IT decisions are made usually by IT executives or business executives, based on the information provided by Chief level executives and at least one other business group. Finally, the third major finding is that the Aerospace Industry gets above average returns from IT by being good at IT Business Planning, Top Management involvement and User Satisfaction. However, a major effort needs to be placed on improving user satisfaction as it is not always properly managed and hinders returns from IT. The lack of extensive communication also hinders the returns from IT by not guarantying top management involvement and awareness of the IT governance mechanisms.
This thesis originated by a need for the Lean Aerospace Industry to study in the Aerospace Industry what seems to be a troublesome domain for many other industries: Information Technologies (IT). Beforehand, there were two ways to do so: study how aerospace companies implement major systems like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Product Data Management (PDM). After a few short case studies, it seemed companies were puzzled by the true extent and the pervasiveness of IT. Therefore, we chose to not look at IT "locally" but try to understand the bigger picture. This thesis is largely based on the pioneering work done by Peter Weill and the Center for Information Systems Research of the MIT Sloan School of Management on IT Portfolio and IT governance. It rationalizes IT by setting it as a portfolio, just like financial investments. Balancing the IT portfolio will ensure anticipated alignment with the corporate strategies. However, the elaboration of proper IT governance mechanisms is necessary to ensure value and return from IT. Defining the governance is "specifying the decision rights and accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior on the use of IT". We therefore applied the IT Portfolio and IT governance frameworks defined by Peter Weill to the Aerospace Industry through the analysis of surveys available in Appendix D. We were able to get data from ten different companies spread out across the world. This allowed us to examine several IT profiles, and to make several significant findings, among which three are of major importance and are described below. The first major finding is that the North American IT portfolio is risk-averse, while the aggregated rest of the world is prone to invest heavily in high risk/high
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Yeremenko, Roman, and Valeri Badakh. "Public access data in aerospace industry." Thesis, ORT Publishing, 2019. http://er.nau.edu.ua:8080/handle/NAU/40228.
Full textMenendez, Jose K. "Building software factories in the aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50301.
Full textDebeney, Louis. "Control Cost Reduction in the Aerospace Industry." Thesis, KTH, Rymdteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-215004.
Full textDenna studie tittar på teknologier som ökar tillförlitligheten och minskar tidsåtgången för kontroll av tillverkade delar vid Airbus Safran Launchers. Först studeras olika typer av kontroller, deras effektivitet och tillförlitlighet, för att kunna identifiera de huvudsakliga problemen. Sedan fokuserar denna studie på procedurerna för kontroll av försänkta hål och då speciellt tredimensionell kontroll. Två nya kontrollteknologier undersöks utifrån hur de kan minska tidsåtgången och öka tillförlitligheten. Flera andra teknologier presenteras också för en mer komplett jämförelse och bredare slutsatser om teknologiernas måluppfyllelse.
Michna, Jakub. "Komunikační rozhraní standardu Aerospace Industry Bus ARINC429." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221130.
Full textDonovan, Mark H. "The French Aerospace and Defense Industries: changing dynamics of procurement and consolidation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8427.
Full textFrance's traditions of national sovereignty and its global status as a "great power" help to explain its investments in an independent and autonomous armaments industry. The resulting capabilities, ranging from fighter aircraft to nuclear weapons, have helped to ensure the position of France as a leading nation during the latter half of the twentieth century. Overcoming the inherent problems associated with state control and oversight of the means of production, France has developed a robust manufacturing capability and has produced, among other systems, technologically advanced designs in combat aircraft (the Rafale fighter), space rocket launchers (the Ariane 5 launcher), and remote sensing satellites (the Helios military satellite). However, the need to continue incorporating modem, expensive technology into French systems in the face of budgetary cutbacks has brought the future viability of autonomous and French-led programs into question. As a result, France and other major European nations have tried to find a common solution to consolidate each country's aerospace and defense firms into one corporate entity that could compete effectively against the United States. However, problems rooted in maintaining national capabilities, especially in France, have kept this design from becoming a reality
Gianzina-Kassotaki, Olga. "Ambidexterity and leadership : a multilevel analysis of the aerospace and defense organizations." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/95904/.
Full textWu, Marcus Shihong. "Design for affordability in defense and aerospace systems using tradespace-based methods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89937.
Full textThesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2014.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-270).
Program failures have plagued the defense and aerospace industry for decades, as unanticipated cost and schedule overruns have rendered the development of systems ineffective in terms of time and cost considerations. This raises the need to holistically include performance, cost and schedule considerations during the early-phase design of systems to perform valuable tradeoffs that derive more feasible and affordable solutions. This paradigm is the design for affordability. This design for affordability conundrum is targeted at defense and aerospace systems, which have complex mission requirements and stakeholder involvement that are susceptible to changes and perturbations over time. Without a systematic framework, the design for affordability process can potentially become cognitively challenging to system architects and lead to unsatisfactory results. To resolve affordability, it can first be defined as the property of becoming or remaining feasible relative to resource needs and resource constraints over time. Affordability can then be treated as an ility that drives the design of more affordable yet technically sound architectures. Tradespace-based methods are introduced to drive affordability and incorporate these holistic considerations into the design process. They facilitate the systematic and disciplined search for affordable solutions to the system, program and portfolio of interest. Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration (MATE), Epoch-Era Analysis (EEA) and the Multi-Attribute Expense (MAE) function were modified for affordability analysis. Their feasibility was demonstrated through application to two design case studies. Results from both case studies demonstrated the dynamic tradeoffs among performance, cost and schedule parameters. Tradespace-based methods can thus be applied to the progressive design of systems, programs and portfolios using either a bottom-up or top-down approach to deliver affordable solutions in these cases. Affordability is not only an engineering problem; it is also a policy and management problem. Therefore, affordability can be approached through perspectives beyond engineering design. New policies and refined management practices can be used alongside tradespace-based methods for affordability analysis to ensure the continued delivery of affordable systems for the future.
by Marcus Shihong Wu.
S.M.
S.M. in Technology and Policy
Tubalado, Dario M. "Internal quality audit program in the aerospace industry." Thesis, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523482.
Full textInternal quality auditing (IQA) in the aerospace defense industry is not optional. Under Part 46 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) all businesses providing product and services to the U.S. government are required to comply with their contract's quality requirements. The amount of compliance audits organizations receive are directly proportional to the number of government related contracts they possess. Therefore, most organizations are forced to focus IQAs on compliance to survive. The release of AS9100 international aerospace standards in 1999 was pivotal in eliminating these multiple audit requirements that plague the industry. However, the focus on IQA for compliance has remained rooted within the IQA system. Audit experts claim that recent updates included on AS9100 Rev C would change IQA's focus from auditing for compliance to auditing for effectiveness and performance.
Tapley, James Paul. "Development of alternate parts for the aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59181.
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This thesis explores the topic of the development of alternate parts for the aerospace industry, drawing on industry examples to demonstrate methods and approaches and the benefits to firms engaged in these activities. I will explore reverse engineering techniques, obstacles, and the role regulations play in the development of alternate parts. I will also demonstrate that reverse engineering is no longer a back room secret activity, yet instead a innovative engineering discipline that if matured and leveraged properly can provide valuable benefits outside of alternate part development.
by James Paul Tapley.
S.M.
M.B.A.
Legkiy, Yaroslav, Ярослав Ярославович Легкий, Bohdan Dubchak, and Богдан Мстиславович Дубчак. "Machine learning &artificial intelligence in aerospace industry." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/50479.
Full textIt depicts the artіficіal іntelligence as a signіficant role іn cutting costs, reducing the design cycle tіme, simulation, prototyping, optimizatіon, maіntenance, manufacturіng and updatіng products.
Визначено штучний інтелект як значущу роль у скороченні витрат, зменшенні часу циклу проектування, моделюванні, прототипуванні, оптимізації, технічному обслуговуванні, виробництві та модернізації продукції.
Gursoy, Guner. "Financial ratio patterns in the U.S. defense industry." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA291733.
Full textStratogiannis, Ioannis A. Zahos Christos K. "Defense industry consolidation and weapon systems cost growth." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA483631.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Hensel, Nayantara ; Summers, Don. "June 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on September 2, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-100). Also available in print.
Zahos, Christos K. "Defense industry consolidation and weapon systems cost growth." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/4017.
Full textHoppes, John Christian. "Lean manufacturing practices in the defense aircraft industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11328.
Full textSinclair, Armond E. "Achieving Program Success with Productive Outcomes: Lessons from Concurrent Engineering for United States Department of Defense Major Defense Acquisition." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1494593155068787.
Full textKohorn, Adam B. (Adam Benjamin) 1971. "Influencing process and cultural change in the aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31081.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 69).
Aerospace equipment manufacturers have expressed considerable frustration with the lack of success in implementing process and cultural change initiatives within their organizations. The objective of this report is to offer more successful methods of designing and executing change initiatives in the aerospace industry. This report provides an analysis of three particular change initiatives in execution at Pratt&Whitney Aircraft at the time of this writing. The successes and failures of three initiatives are analyzed and compared in the context of the major barriers to change faced by the industry. The arguments made in the discussion and in the following conclusions suggest that success depends on the application of entrepreneurial marketing and negotiations theories: 1. Solving a quantifiable, pressing source of pain for the customer 2. Results selling by providing a solution versus solely a technology 3. Focusing on a single customer with the budget and power to employ the new technology 4. Understanding the positions and interests of the parties involved 5. Establishing a bargaining range when faced with resistance 6. Enabling a give and take of concessions and tradeoffs in the bargaining process.
by Adam B. Kohorn.
S.M.
Dunar, Charles J. Mitchell Jared L. Robbins Donald L. "Private military industry analysis private and public companies /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FDunar%5FMBA.pdf.
Full textAdvisor(s): Dew, Nicholas ; Hudgens, Bryan J. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-127). Also available in print.
Place, David S. Grubbs Gregory A. "Empirical evaluation of a model of team collaboration using selected transcripts from September 11, 2001." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Jun/09Jun%5FPlace.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Hutchins, Susan G. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 13, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Team Collaboration, Team Communication, NORAD, NEADS, September 11, 2001, Cognition, Macro-cognition, Model of Team Collaboration. Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198). Also available in print.
Choi, Davis I. "A study on improving defense acquisition through the application of Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) concept to defense industry workforce." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Sep/09Sep_Choi_Davis.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Owen, Walter. "September 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 4, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Defense acquisition, defense acquisition workforce, Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, certification, professionalization, workforce, defense industry workforce, program management, project management. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-97). Also available in print.
Bowden, Craig T. "Basic dimensions of financial condition within the defense industry." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA354495.
Full text"September 1998." Thesis advisor(s): O. Douglas Moses, James M. Fremgen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). Also available online.