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At-speed testing made easy

Today's chip designs are getting smaller and bigger. Feature sizes are moving into nanometer geometries, and gate counts are pushing towards the 100M gate mark. Semiconductor companies creating these nanometer designs are struggling with many issues that result from this shrinking yet increasingly complex design environment. One issue growing in importance is creating high quality, cost-effecti...

Custom Made Mold Brachytherapy

CUSTOM - MADE APPAREL AT LANDS ’ END 1 Executive Summary

1 Jack Rockart was the senior editor accepting this paper. Portions of this paper are adapted from a previously published teaching case study: Ives, B., G. Piccoli, “Custom-made Apparel and Individualized Service at Lands’ End,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, (11:3), January 2003. 2 In mid-2002, Sears acquired Lands’ End. rugby shirts. Stressing quality and value rat...

Custom Made Apparel and Individualized Service at Lands' End

The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy, the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year, 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site were buying tailored products. Over 20% of these customers never made a purchase over the web before. The case explores mass customization and web-based customer service initiati...

A custom-made head pointer for children.

Severely physically disabled adults and children may be able to use a head pointer to access an augmentative communication system or to participate in activities. This paper describes how to make and fit a thermoplastic head pointer and how to train a child to use it.