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A state-level capacity utilization analysis of the U.S. natural gas transmission pipeline system and risk management for a gas-fueled nation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The U.S. energy portfolio is set to undergo drastic change in the coming decades. Policies to reduce emissions combined with growing demand for energy will test existing infrastructure. Large reserves of shale gas provide ...
Palm oil traceability : blockchain meets supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
There is a current lack of visibility in the transfer of goods from farmers to oil mills, to manufacturers, to retail outlets and finally to the consumer in the palm oil industry. While leading brands have pledged to commit ...
Improving shipping contracts with the use of emerging technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
A set of contracts guides every movement of cargo from one point to another. In this thesis, we focus on the contract between the charterer and the ship-owner in the liquid bulk ocean-shipping market. The contracting process ...
Using K-means clustering to create cost and demand functions that decrease excess inventory and better manage inventory in defense
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Excess inventory is prevalent in both the armed forces and defense companies; it takes up space and resources that could be used elsewhere. This thesis proposes a method to reduce the excess inventory and associated costs, ...
Key supply chain integration factors for success of medical device startups
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Healthcare cost are on the rise and becoming a major concern in the US economy. In fact, healthcare spending is the largest individual contributor to US gross domestic product. Various stakeholders such as government, ...
Simulated annealing algorithm for customer-centric location routing problem
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
In today's world, the e-commerce market is growing rapidly and becoming more competitive. While many players in the industry are attempting to get their share of pie, consumers are demanding faster deliveries and free ...
Toward effective common operating policies for medical items in ongoing humanitarian operations : the science and art of segmentation : a case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Ongoing humanitarian operations can suffer from the lack of medical item availability. The central problem thus becomes how to ensure the right item in the right place at the right time while maintaining appropriate costs. ...
Modeling regulatory impacts on medical device supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Changing regulatory requirements continues to be an increasingly complex issue in the medical device industry. Regulations place stress on regional supply chains across the world. Most recently, the European Parliament ...
The traveling salesman problem with multiple drones : an optimization model for last-mile delivery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
With the increasingly competitive landscape of e-commerce and omni-channel delivery execution, the last mile has emerged as a critical source of opportunity for cost efficiency. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have ...
Forecasting short term trucking rates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Transportation costs constitute an important part of total logistics costs and have a dramatic impact on all kinds of decisions across the supply chain. Accurate estimation of transportation costs can help shippers make ...