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Practical example of developing and implementing an optimization & scenario planning tool
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
There is significant complexity facing the Global Footwear Planning team when sourcing production, especially for sandals. The challenges include increasing manufacturing costs coupled with a changing tariff landscape and ...
Modeling and analysis of commercial finished goods inventory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
As the commoditization of the PC market erodes product margins, increasing emphasis is placed on cost optimization within the supply chain. One critical component of this is the financial impact of inventory policies and ...
Raw material inventory planning in a serial system with warehouse capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The thesis explores inventory management principles in the context of a storage capacity constrained warehouse. Amgen Inc. is building a new manufacturing facility in Singapore. Due to internal raw material warehouse ...
Reducing government proposal procurement process complexity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
US Aerospace Defense Vehicle Manufacturer (UADVM) sells Assembled Complex Equipment to the US Government through multi-year contracts. According to the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), such government defense contracts ...
The Johnson and Johnson journey deploying SmartOps for multi-echelon inventory optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Multi-echelon inventory technology enables firms to significantly reduce inventory costs. It gives managers the ability to make tradeoffs based on information from the entire supply chain, which results in a more powerful ...
Predictive storm damage modeling and optimizing crew response to improve storm response operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Utility infrastructures are constantly damaged by naturally occurring weather. Such damage results in customer service interruption and repairs are necessary to return the system to normal operation. In most cases these ...
Device-oriented telecommunications customer call center demand forecasting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Verizon Wireless maintains a call center infrastructure employing more than 15,000 customer care representatives across the United States. The current resource management process requires a lead time of several months to ...
A systematic approach to internal spare parts management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Internal spare parts management is a universal issue faced by all manufacturers, and involves decision-making and planning across a highly complex and heterogeneous group of thousands of items. Spare parts exhibit intermittent ...
Using analytics to improve delivery performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Delivery Precision is a key performance indicator that measures Nike's ability to deliver product to the customer in full and on time. The objective of the six-month internship was to quantify areas in the supply chain ...
Improving the Boeing 787 final assembly corrective action process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis evaluates and then recommends improvements to the process used to correct errors found in the Boeing 787 final assembly operations, known as the corrective action process. The goal is to reduce the time and ...