Browsing Supply Chain Management Capstone Projects by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Achieving Sustainable Growth at Uber Freight
(2020-08-06)The freight industry creates 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions through shipping. If companies measure precisely, they can begin the benchmarking process toward improvement. The Global Logistics Emission Council ... -
Adaptability of Manufacturing Operations through Digital Twins
(2021-06-16)Manufacturing companies are under pressure to build faster and more efficient decision-making capabilities due to the rapidly changing customer demand and expectations. The conventional analytical models are no longer ... -
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 ... -
Aggregate Production Planning for Engineer-to-Order Products
(2019)The contract manufacturing industry is growing and shifting from standard products to highly customized engineer-to-order (ETO) products. Different from standard products, ETO orders have more production process uncertainties ... -
Alternate Pricing Model for Transportation Contracts
(2019)Transportation spend is an increasingly relevant topic of concern for all manufacturing companies. Along with the money spent on transporting goods, service betterment has become an everyday expectation. In a tight market, ... -
Analytics Driving Supply Chain Segmentation for Lenovo
(2019)Although segmentation strategies and their benefits are common topics in the academic literature, two realities contrast in the realm of supply chain management: While a vast number of companies still perceive operations ... -
Analyzing Upstream Impact on Downstream Shelf-Availability
(2018)On-shelf availability (OSA) is key in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. In this project, out of stock (OOS) patterns are identified, grouped, and analyzed in order to gain meaningful insights to improve OSA. The ... -
Apeel Sciences: Lot Traceability of a Breakthrough in Food Science Technology
(2018)Apeel Sciences has made it their mission to help eliminate food waste. To do so, they are introducing their exciting new product, EdipeelTM, to market. Edipeel is an edible, natural, flavorless coating that, when applied ... -
Application of Linear Models, Random Forest, and Gradient Boosting Methods to Identify Key Factors and Predict Truck Dwell Time for a Global 3PL Company
(2020-07-24)Driver dwell time is an important challenge the U.S trucking industry faces. High, unplanned dwell times are costly to all stakeholders in the industry as they result in detention costs, declining performance and decreased ... -
Assessing Feasibility of the Delivery Drone
(2019)Service level growth is hindered by declining activity from customers needing access to physical assets stored by the sponsor company. The delivery drone presents a viable option to support the initiative of maintaining ... -
Assessing the State of Supply Chain Sustainability
(2020-07-24)Supply chain sustainability has increased in importance for companies of all sizes, public and private, across a wide range of industries. While there has been increased excitement in tandem with proclamations of lofty ... -
Automation of Warehouse Decision Making
(2021-06-16)This capstone addresses how an FMCG company should go about automating inbound decision making in one of their warehouses. The capstone focuses only on the inbound side of the distribution center because it was determined ... -
Behavioral Management Patterns: Small Firms’ Recipe for Growth
(2019)More than 99% of the companies in the world are micro, small, or medium size enterprises and account for ~70% of the jobs, on average, in OECD countries. However, due to a lack of productivity, among other factors, only a ... -
Better Contract – Better 3PL Performance
(2022-06-09)Contract design and management are critical for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies. Well-designed contracts promote a value-driven relationship between the buyer and the supplier. Under the governance of such ... -
Beyond the Seaport: Assessing the Inland Container Transport Chain Using System Dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)The significance of seaports in enabling global trade and impacting global supply chains require them to operate efficiently. Due to the required interactions, seaports are not only affected by their operations, but by ... -
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 ... -
Calculating Financial Business Risk to Identify Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
(2023-09-08)The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities of supply chain systems, and companies must take Supply Chain Risk Management seriously to build resilience against future unknown disruptions. However, measuring ... -
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 ...
