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Supply Chain Network Design for Sub-Saharan Africa
(2016-03-31)
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 ...
Strategies for maximizing supply chain resilience : learning from the past to prepare for the future
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The terrorist attacks undertaken by Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization on the morning of September 11, 2001 ushered in a new era of indiscriminate global terrorism characterized by an unprecedented focus on security, ...
Inventory optimization in a retail multi-echelon environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The objective of the study is to find an optimal inventory distribution in a retail three-echelon environment, consisting of a supplier, a DC, and stores. An inventory model is built by replicating the echelons' periodic, ...
The impact of lead time on truckload transportation rates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The objective of this thesis was to analyze truckload shipment transactions in order to determine if rates are impacted by tender lead time, which is the amount of time between when a carrier is offered a load to when the ...
Using real-time truck transportation information to predict customer rejections and refrigeration-system fuel efficiency in packaged salad distribution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Companies that operate cold supply chains can greatly benefit from information availability and data generation. The abundance of information now available to cold chain operators and harvested from every echelon of the ...