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dc.contributor.advisorJarrod Goentzel.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Brent (Brent Jason)en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Supply Chain Management Program.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-17T15:50:18Z
dc.date.available2018-09-17T15:50:18Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117927
dc.descriptionThesis: M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2018.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 70-73).en_US
dc.description.abstractOngoing 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. By means of a case study, this research grouped items by various item characteristics and assigned each group a common operating policy. The results of such item segmentation, and the application of common operating policies, was a theoretical increase over the current rule of thumb, single operating policy by 22% in average expected item availability and a decrease in total costs of 2-8%. Yet, similar results were achieved without segmentation. The major conclusion is that consideration of demand variability as a means to achieve greater item availability is key. The determination of appropriate costs becomes a transparent one for the decision-maker. More generally, this approach facilitates the comparison of various inventory management scenarios and the assumption of informed levels of risk.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Brent Turner.en_US
dc.format.extent94 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectSupply Chain Management Program.en_US
dc.titleToward effective common operating policies for medical items in ongoing humanitarian operations : the science and art of segmentation : a case studyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM. Eng. in Supply Chain Managementen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Supply Chain Management Program
dc.identifier.oclc1051223544en_US


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