Learning: Internship/Thesis

Internship/Thesis

A defining experience for LFM students is its 6.5 month internship at a partner company. Students must effectively use their limited time on site to address significant industry needs and achieve substantial results. They usually have opportunities to meet with a broad range of company employees including upper management.

Students return to MIT after three months for a Midstream Review to share their findings to-date with peers, faculty, and partner companies. At the end of the internship period, they participate in a Knowledge Review with the same community, where they describe what they found and note the impact they believe they had on site.

This work provides the basis for a joint engineering-management thesis that each student writes prior to graduating from the program. LFM faculty members help guide the project identification process. Each student has two faculty advisors, one each from engineering and management.

Recent LFM Internships

Company	Internship
ABB	Development of Processes and Business in a Greenfield Operation
ABB	From chaos to schedule – Building a Production Schedule
ABB	Determination and implementation plan for logistic concept for international manufacturing network
Amazon.com	Call Center/Customer Service
Amazon.com	AmazonFresh Fulfillment Optimization
American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.	Optimizing the Supply Chain in a large Mexican plant
Amgen Inc.	Optimizing OEE and Processes Across a Network of Manufacturing Sites
Amgen Inc.	Assessing and optimizing the benefits of quality by design implementation for protein therapeutics
The Boeing Company	Supply Chain Integrated Cost & Risk Modeling
The Boeing Company	787 Supply Chain Integration - Change Management Process Implementation
Cisco Systems, Inc.	Product Test Management
Cisco Systems, Inc.	Integrated Product Team (IPT) Performance Metrics Optimization, Standardization, and Automation
Cisco Systems, Inc.	Product Structure Standardization
Cisco Systems, Inc.	Technology and Quality (TnQ)
Cisco Systems Inc. and Flextronics International	Materials Process Management, Global Supply Chain Management
Dell Inc.	Dell Knowledge Factory
Dell Inc.	Lean Line Scheduling
Dell Inc.	Retail/ODM Supply Chain Planning - Forecasting Focus
Dell Inc.	Retail/ODM Supply Chain Planning -Procurement Focus
Flextronics International	Flextronics Product Life Cycle Best Practices
General Dynamics	Logistics Optimization Effort
Genzyme Corporation	Service Optimization within Framingham Facilities Operations
General Motors Corporation	Applying Lean Manufacturing Elements to Product Development
General Motors Corporation	GM China Joint Venture Commodity Strategy
Harley-Davidson, Inc.	International Manufacturing
Honeywell International Inc.	Clearwater HOS Deployment
Honeywell International Inc.	Asia Pacific Logistics Optimization
Intel Corporation	Lean Transformation in a Supply Planning Organization
Intel Corporation	Lean Manufacturing: Implementation in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Environment
Intel Corporation	Driving Flexibility in the Supply Chain thru Real-Time Demand Forecasting
Intel Corporation	Intel Capital Equipment Supply-Chain Dynamic Alignment of Supply with Demand
Northrop Grumman Corporation	CVN 79 Value Stream Analysis
Novartis AG	Improving the operations model of chemical lead validation/optimization
Novartis AG	Automation Support and Maintenance Process Optimization Within the Cambridge Lead Finding Platform
Novartis AG	Optimization of Biologics Clinical Trial Material Supply Process
Novartis AG	Particle Formation From API's and API-excipient Mixtures
Raytheon Company	Accelerating the Value Capture of an ERP Systems Implementation across SAS Operations
Raytheon Company	Improving Predictability
Schlumberger	Design Anywhere / Manufacture Anywhere
Spirit AeroSystems	Product Development Process Improvement
United Technologies Corporation	Inventory Management
United Technologies Corporation	Strategic Sourcing
Zara (Inditex)	Optimization of Zara's Clearance Sale Pricing
Zara B	Stock Level Optimization