Browsing SCALE Research Reports by Title
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The Beer Game Revisited: Creating a Model for Collaboration
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Benchmarking Manufacturing in Spain
(2016-03-31) -
Benefits of postponement for fashion products with forecast updates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis examines the benefit of postponement of fashion products by considering the overage cost of the intermediate product and the correlation between the demand for each end products produced from it. The benefit ... -
Bidder response to combinatorial auctions in truckload procurement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis explores how truckload carriers use conditional bids within the framework of a combinatorial auction to win more business and balance their existing networks. Because a considerable portion of a truckload ... -
Biofuel supply chain challenges and analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Liquid fuels such as gasoline and diesel are traditionally derived from petroleum. Since petroleum has the potential to be exhausted, there is interest in large scale production of fuels from renewable sources. Currently, ... -
Biofuels supply chain characterization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Ethanol can be made from agricultural residues like wheat straw and from crops dedicated to energy use, like switchgrass. We study the logistics aspects of this transformation and determine the main characteristics of the ... -
Building a business case for corporate fleets to adopt vehicle-to-grid technology (V2G) and participate in the regulation service market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Electric (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles (PHEV) continue to gain attention and market share, not only as options for consumers but also for corporate fleets. EVs and PHEVs can contribute to lower operating costs ... -
Building a framework for determining the optimal supplier shipping performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Most companies aim for perfect on-time delivery from suppliers, since late deliveries can cause supply disruptions and raise the cost of inventory, transportation and coordination. But this assumes that companies do not ... -
Bulk Storage: Postponement of Agricultural By-Products
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Business continuity planning for a U.S. supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The research objective was to provide a directional sense of some key considerations for business continuity planning (BCP) specific to a company's downstream distribution operations in the U.S. This was achieved via a ... -
Calculating humanitarian response capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Since the year 2000, at least 300 disasters occurred annually, catching more than 100 million people unprepared and in need of international assistance every year. The United Nations operates five humanitarian response ... -
Can shippers and carriers benefit from more robust transportation planning methodologies?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The analysis of transportation contracts using optimization software may yield higher actual freight expenditures due to unplanned events during execution. This thesis explores new methods for developing robust transportation ... -
Carrier strategies in the spot trucking market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)How an owner-operator chooses a specific load is a relatively unstudied field in transportation literature. Stakeholders in the decisions, such as freight brokers, stand to benefit from a better understanding of the selection ...