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Promotional forecasting in the grocery retail business
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Predicting customer demand in the highly competitive grocery retail business has become extremely difficult, especially for promotional items. The difficulty in promotional forecasting has resulted from numerous internal ... -
A proposal for inter-enterprise communication of RFID event data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Inter-enterprise communication of RFID event data requires rules and consistency. To create those rules and consistency one has to understand the requirements for the event architecture. I identified fifty-one stakeholders ... -
Public-private partnerships : security and emergency response collaboration in a new threat environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)September 11th, 2001 marks the worst terrorist action to occur on United States soil and opens a new period in history in which indiscriminate terrorist acts are possible, if not probable. Many of these possible acts, as ... -
A qualitative mapping and evaluation of an aerospace supply chain strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)An effective supply chain is critical to the success of the products and services sold by companies. Companies must have an explicit understanding of what the supply chain strategy is in order to evaluate it. While most ... -
Quantifying and managing the risk of information security breaches participants in a supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Technical integration between companies can result in an increased risk of information security breaches. This thesis proposes a methodology for quantifying information security risk to a supply chain participant. Given a ... -
Quantifying the impact of deployment practices on interplant freight volatility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)As the US economy recovers from the recession of 2008, demand for freight transportation is getting stronger. However, the trucking industry is not ready to take on this growth in volume due to a shortage of truck drivers. ... -
Quantifying the value of reduced lead time and increased delivery frequency
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)A large consumer package goods company would like to know the answer to the following question. What is the value to its customers of increased delivery frequency or reduced lead time? To answer this question, we collected ... -
Radio frequency identification (RFID) applications in semiconductor manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Radio frequency identification (RFID) has an enormous potential impact within the semiconductor supply chain, especially within semiconductor manufacturing. The end benefit of RFID will be in the mass serialization, and ... -
The Radio Frequency Identification enabled logistics process for supply chain event management from China to the United States via Hong Kong
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis reviews the current logistics processes and issues for container shipments in the supply chain. In particular, the problems associated with container shipments from China to the US, via the Hong Kong Port, ... -
Rapid deployment of oil-drilling tools utilizing distribution network and inventory strategies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)DTS is an oil and gas services company that delivers drilling tools to six major customer districts in the continental U.S. After the tools are used at a rig, they are transported to the closest repair and maintenance (MTC) ... -
Rapid replenishment at a consumer product goods manufacturer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Increasing supply chain velocity has adverse consequences for consumer product goods manufacturers, but creates value and flexibility for retail stores. This thesis outlines a case study of a rapid replenishment pilot ... -
A real options approach to manage flexible contracts in the telecommunication networking industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)One of the biggest challenges facing Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers in the telecommunication networking industry is to predict the spending patterns of the ... -
Real-time order acceptance in transportation under uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Without using any order acceptance criteria, retail companies distributing products with private transportation fleets are not able to maximize their profits because they are not adequately utilizing their capacity. The ... -
Reducing inventory by simplifying forecasting and using point of sale data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis assesses the value to vendors of using point of sale data to predict what retailers will order from them. In particular, we look at how The Gillette Company can use point of sale data generated by two of their ... -
Reducing preventable adverse drug events in hospital settings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)It has been estimated that on average, every patient admitted to a hospital is subject to at least one medication error per day (IOM, 2006). Errors may occur during various stages of the Medication Use System; a system ... -
Reducing transportation costs and inventory shrinkage in the Washington State tree fruit industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Perishability and stock-outs are two sources of inventory inefficiency in the Washington State tree fruit industry. This thesis measures the size of these inefficiencies in terms of dollars per box, and describes five ... -
Reducing Variability in Order Quantity
(2016-04-04)