Six sigma (Quality control standard); Manufacturing processes--Quality control--Statistical methods
The objective of this thesis was to apply what was learned from Six Sigma while working for General Electric, towards real applications to improve processes. Two manufacturing problems were targeted. One of the issues dealt with variation, in an...
Residential buildings account for a large portion of total energy consumption in the United States. Residential energy usage can be dramatically reduced by improving the efficiency of building envelope systems. One such method is to incorporate...
The trucking industry is the largest freight sector, making up about 70 percent of all domestic shipment in the United States and contributes greatly the American economy. About 10 billion tons of goods are shipped annually and of that, about...
Implementing Job Rotation as a manufacturing method is beneficial to production efficiency, reduction of labor cost, operator satisfaction, and Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) reduction. In this thesis, the steps of simulating the...
Buildings; Banks; Lincoln Savings Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 136 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1973) .This street scene pictures Lincoln Savings Bank. The scene shows telephone or electricity poles, a horse-pulled carriage, and trolley tracks. Advertisement on the Herald building next door reads,...
Buildings; Canopies; Automobiles; Banks; Lincoln Savings Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 136 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1973.) The Lincoln Savings Bank is another of the buildings for which Alfred S. Joseph served as chief architect while at Macdonald & Dodd. Its glazed tile upper and lower tiers, setting off the brick...
Financial facilities; Show windows; Marble; Buildings
Address: 419 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The front of the Greater Louisville Savings & Building Association has two large plate glass display windows set on the first floor. Underneath the windows is marble. Above, the building is...
Preventive maintenance is a broad term that encompasses a set of activities aimed at improving the overall reliability and availability of a system. Preventive maintenance involves a basic trade-off between the costs of conducting...
This research project describes the application of a master/slave configuration of processors to study a comparison of alternative material handling configurations for automated manufacturing. Such a study usually requires a large number of...
The Savings Post, a Western-themed bank for children as part of the Greater Louisville First Federal Savings & Loan Association. Men dressed in cowboy outfits stand near the booth while children wait in line with their mothers.
Address: 2118 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. The Bardstown Road Branch of the First National Bank features a sign with a clock suspended perpendicular to the building. The brick building has a crenellated roofline and plate glass windows...
A number of cars are parked at the curb in front of the building that housed the First National Bank, Louisville Trust Co. and Louisville Title Co. at 224 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A four-sided clock is suspended from the corner of the...
African Americans--Politics and government; Local elections; Metropolitan government; Voting research
Despite the fact that few large metropolitan areas have had city-county consolidations, interest remains high in these mergers as a means of restructuring urban government. Evaluation literature on city-county consolidations generally focuses on...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Gustav Flexner of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a printed suit and tie. The photograph is discolored and yellowing due to age. Stamped on back of image: January 17, 1924. Handwritten on back: Gustav Flexner, Secretary & General...
A multi-story building for Greater Louisville First Federal Savings and Loan Association next door to Burdorf Furniture store. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Financial facilities; Lincoln Savings Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Multiple views of Lincoln Savings Bank at 136 South 4th Street on the northwest corner of 4th Street and Market Street. The building, which housed the bank and other offices, was designed by the architectural firm Joseph & Joseph. A Western...
Address: 743 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A brick, stone, and marble building displays a sign reading: "'The Oldest National Bank in the South' First National Bank. Shelby & Broadway Branch. 'You can park.'" The corner of the...
