Browsing Supply Chain Management by Subject "Supply Chain Strategy"
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Advancing the Circular Economy of Plastics through eCommerce
(2021-06-16)The production growth and short life cycle of plastics has created concerns around its waste management process. Despite efforts to increase recycling over the years, the rate of recycling does not come close to the rate ... -
Capturing Value in Pharmaceutical Distribution Strategies
(2022-06-10)Market Share in the pharmaceutical industry has been dominated by manufacturers that develop the most effective Go-To-Market Strategy. New promises in Cell & Gene Therapy and Personalized Healthcare Products open a wealth ... -
Closed-Loop Supply Chain Design for Sustainable Procurement of Office Supplies at MIT
(2022-06-13)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), home to almost 27,000 students and staff with almost 400 departments, labs and centers, has a largely decentralized procurement system and informal reverse logistics flow or ... -
Closing the Food Access Gap in American Underserved Communities
(2020-10-29)Malnutrition is a global issue that affects millions of people across the world. Malnutrition is not just the lack of food, but also consists of the overabundance of unhealthy food due to a lack of healthy food. This ... -
Conditions for Deep Supplier Engagement: A Cross-Case Comparison
(2020-07-24)Building deep, strategic supplier relationships has come to the forefront of companies’ goals in recent years. There are many different strategic sourcing methodologies available to procurement professionals. However, ... -
Continuous Multi-eEchelon Inventory Optimization
(2020-07-24)Global supply chains are becoming increasingly complex systems that drive significant investments in inventory throughout the network. Our sponsor for this project uses a multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) model ... -
Defining and Detecting Churn in Truckload Transportation
(2021-06-16)The truckload transportation industry is an established industry, in the US, with annual revenue for for-hire truckload reaching greater than 300 billion dollars in 2019. A major problem encountered by for-hire truckload ... -
Delivering Locally Sourced Nutritious Food to Indian Households
(2021-06-16)WHO reports that in the South Asian region, the number of undernourished has hardly decreased in the last decade. This situation calls for a concerted effort to combat malnutrition the world over. The effort must be grounded ... -
Demand Prioritization for a Water Technology Company
(2022-06-10)With demand outpacing production capacity, increased variability in supply lead times and customers' conflicting requests to escalate orders, there is a demand prioritization debacle. This Water Technology Company is faced ... -
Designing an Efficient Supply Chain for Specialty Coffee From Caldas-Colombia
(2020-07-24)The coffee industry generates annual revenues of approximately US$250 billion, with more than 60 million people depending on it globally. However, coffee farmers in producing countries are operating at a loss due to ... -
Diving Deep into the Determinants of Driver Dwell
(2021-06-16)Since 2005, the American Trucking Associations has consistently asserted that trucking firms face a shortage of truck drivers. This has become a narrative with which even those with no ties to the 6.5 hours driving time ... -
E-commerce Business-to-Business (e-B2B) Distribution Strategy and Network Design for Nanostores
(2021-06-16)With 50 million nanostores globally, nanoretailing is the most important retail channel in developing countries. In India, these stores are called kiranas, and they are the backbone of India's retail market. Unfortunately, ... -
Enhancing Supply Chain Operating Models Through Segmentation
(2022-06-08)Large Food and Beverage retail chains often manage diverse sets of products and markets, where one- size-fits-all supply chain operating models are insufficient to meet their distinct requirements. In collaboration with a ... -
Global Home Care Supply Network Design Optimization
(2022-06-10)Companies can expect to lose almost 42% of one year’s profit every decade because of supply chain disruptions. Working to have better supply chain resilience and robustness is now a necessity to stay competitive and ... -
How Postponement Strategy Can Reduce Cost and Lead Time for Pharma Supply Chains
(2021-06-16)Nowadays end customers and shareholders are setting high expectations, putting pressure on companies to do their best not only to meet their needs but also deliver shareholder value at the same time. In order to be both ... -
Humanitarian Assistance for Markets in Conflict: a System Dynamics Approach
(2020-07-24)Humanitarian organizations play a crucial role in providing aid to the victims of disasters – whether natural or man-made. One of the leading organizations is the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which saves ... -
The Impact of Logistics Provider Data Maturity in Defining Scope 3 Transportation Emissions
(2022-06-10)Global warming is a reality. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Earth’s average temperature may increase by another 1.5°C to 2.0°C in the next thirty years, causing extreme weather, ... -
The Impact of Trade Credits in Nanostore Distribution
(2021-06-16)In developing countries, small mom-and-pop grocery stores called nanostores are one of the main grocery market channels. Cash constraints are a severe issue that affects these small businesses, preventing them from buying ... -
Innovative Consolidation Techniques for Improved Transportation Efficiency
(2021-06-16)Many trucks in the US travel well below permitted cube and volume utilization, so consolidating two or more shipments onto a single multi-stop truckload (MSTL) route can increase truck utilization and decrease transportation ... -
Less is More: Simplifying Inventory Tactics
(2022-06-10)Millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fail every year in the United States, and in many instances the root cause of failure is more often due to operational inefficiencies than external factors. One way ...
