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Approximating the performance of a last mile transportation system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The Last Mile Problem (LMP) refers to the provision of travel service from the nearest public transportation node to a home or office. We study the supply side of this problem in a stochastic setting, with batch demands ...
Optimization of delivery promise policy to control peak demand on a fulfillment network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Maintaining high on-time delivery performance is a key objective for Amazon.com and an expectation from customers. This objective is particularly challenging to achieve during periods of peak demand, when extremely high ...
Big data analysis interrogating raw material variability and the impact on process performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Within the biopharmaceutical industry, material sciences is a rapidly growing field to continue to ensure reliable production and delivery of medicines. Consequently, there is an on-going need to evaluate and assess new ...