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Intelligent product placement strategies for Amazon.com's worldwide fulfillment centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Online retail has radically changed traditional supply chain operations by providing a direct-to-consumer model that eliminates the need for traditional brick-and-mortar retail stores. With this new order, retailers have ...
Advanced aerospace procurement models with sensitivity analysis and optimized demand allocation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The impact of the sourcing function on the profitability of U.S.-based manufacturing firms is more significant than ever. Today, the purchased component of the cost of goods sold for many firms is more than fifty-percent ...
Improving customer service level through centralized supply flexibility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis explores a combined application of Supply Chain Management theory for centralized and decentralized distribution systems and Customer Relationship Management techniques in data mining to solve the challenges ...
Developing a methodology to link printed circuit board assembly yield targets to commodity group quality goals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The increasing complexity of high-end routing products, a highly diverse product mix, and continually demanding quality requirements have intensified the challenges faced by Cisco. Primary among these is managing the broad ...
Mitigating the risk of a new workforce by reducing rework and rightsizing on hand inventory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Dramatically increasing the hourly workforce at a rapid pace to support accelerated product demand in an aircraft manufacturing facility in a short amount of time resulted in: (1) increased rework, and (2) increased part ...
Design and development of a supplier evaluation process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Low-cost sourcing is a strategy many companies, including Pratt & Whitney, use to reduce part costs. As they increase their efforts to resource products to low-cost regions, Pratt & Whitney needs a robust process to ...
A systems approach to the evaluation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the defense industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a wireless technology with possible applications in the supply chain. RFID tags' fast read rates, non-line-of-sight identification and large storage capacity may revolutionize supply ...
Inventory management for drug discovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This thesis documents a study carried out at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge, MA. The study focused on the development of inventory management processes for laboratory consumables. The ...
Evaluating shortage costs in a dynamic environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Dell's Direct Business Model and its global supply chain are the foundations of the company's success. These strategies, however, bring about problems such as long inbound supply lead times and hard-to-predict site-level ...
Challenges faced by a global team : the case of the Tool Reuse Program at Intel®
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The semiconductor industry is characterized by a high cost of capital equipment and fast change in process technology. Therefore Intel ® Corporation as the world's largest semiconductor company has a significant advantage ...