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Transforming Warehouses Towards a Sustainable Future
(2023-09-08)
Climate change is a global problem, and CO2 emissions are the primary cause of rising temperatures. Many companies, including our capstone sponsor Maersk, have committed to reaching net zero emissions by setting decarbonization ...
The Green Route: An Analysis of Mode Change as a Strategy for Carbon Emission Reduction
(2023-09-08)
Having recognized the growing need for decarbonizing the maritime transport industry, the sponsor company is assessing the economic feasibility of implementing Green Intermodal Corridors. For a route to be considered a ...
Procurement Control Tower: Proof of Concept through Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
(2023-09-08)
An organization’s procurement process is pivotal for its success in a competitive market. The increased uncertainty and complexity of post-pandemic supply chains have made procurement a more valuable focus point among ...
End-of-Life Inventory Optimization during Runout Events for a Manufacturing Automotive Company
(2023-09-08)
Effective and efficient inventory management is today more crucial than ever. Three factors drive its importance: (i) the ever-increasing complexity of bills of materials, causing firms to dedicate a large part of their ...
Optimizing Product Group Segmentation
(2018)
Piece picking is an integral operation in distribution centres (DCs). The partner company has it as the largest part cost item of DC operations. The current product slotting and assignment planning needs to be improved to ...
3D Printing’s Impact on the Metalworking Industry
(2018)
This project qualitatively estimates the potential impact of 3D printing on the United States metalworking industry. The adoption rate of 3D printing has been increasing in the last few years. On one side are businesses ...
Supply Chain Network Optimization for Global Distribution of Cementitious Materials
(2018)
Companies trading cementitious materials face an increasingly volatile economic environment and continuous challenges to ensure the availability of strategic raw materials. In this context, the ability to globally source ...
Building Sustainable Supply Chains in the Era of e-Commerce
(2020-07-24)
Consumer preferences are driving changes within the retail space. E-Commerce is growing rapidly and
there are increased pressures on companies to be environmentally friendly, yet still cost-competitive.
Therefore, it is ...
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, ...
The $100 question: Supply chain priorities for small firms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
A large majority of companies in Latin America are micro or small firms, making them an important part of the region’s economy. These firms are a relevant source of jobs, but a lack of managerial skills and resources ...