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Using design flexibility and real options to reduce risk in Private Finance Initiatives : the case of Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is a delivery system for public works projects to design construct, manage and maintain public facilities by using private capital, management skills, and technical abilities. It was ...
Designing and implementing auxiliary operational processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Amazon.com, one of the largest and most profitable online retailers, has been experiencing such dramatic growth rates that it must continually update and modify its fulfillment process in order to meet customer demand for ...
The impact and dynamics of centralization in supply chain decision-making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Companies with a corporate supply chain department and multiple business units use one of two methods for their supply chain decision-making: centralized decision-making where supply chain decisions are made at the corporate ...
Determination of drivers of stock-out performance of retail stores using data mining techniques
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This research applies data mining techniques to give a picture of the interaction of performance variables such as between stock-outs and store attributes, and stock-outs and other variables including store sales, income ...
Using Virtual Business Systems to drive lean behavior in engineering design and support
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Virtual Business System (VBS) is a visual-based analytics and real-time information displaying system. It first started at Raytheon's Andover manufacturing facility in early 2000 with the strategic objectives of linking ...
Development of a total landed cost and risk analysis model for global strategic sourcing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Total landed cost and supply chain risk analysis are methods that many companies use to assess strategic sourcing decisions. For this project, landed cost is defined as those costs associated with material movement from a ...
A multi-attribute method for ranking the risks from multiple hazards in a small community
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Natural hazards, human-induced accidents, and malicious acts have caused great losses and disruptions to society. After September 11, 2001, critical infrastructure protection has become a national focus in the United States ...
Hybrid lattice and decision analysis of real options : application to a supply chain strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In many real world systems, two types of uncertainties exist: those that evolve in small, continuous increments and those that may create large, discrete changes in the system. The field of engineering real options posits ...
Introducing the use of integrated Decision Support System in Natural Resources Planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The target subject of Natural Resources Planning (NRP) includes various systems and their elements, all of which are centered around the natural resource system. Given this characteristic complexity and a high degree of ...
Effect of auditory peripheral displays on unmanned aerial vehicle operator performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
With advanced autonomy, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations will likely be conducted by single operators controlling multiple UAVs. As operator attention is divided across multiple supervisory tasks, there is a need ...