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A joint inventory and sourcing strategy to balance efficiency versus risk
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This research sought to identify the right strategy to mitigate the supply chain risk while maintaining supply chain efficiency for a company in the medical device industry. The company in our case was exposed to great ...
Application of Supply Chain Risk Management through visualization and value-at-risk quantification
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Supply Chain Risk Management ("SCRM") is often discussed in business and academia but is still underdeveloped as a practical tool. Many studies have examined the effects of supply chain disruptions, and many studies have ...
Real-time order acceptance in transportation under uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Without using any order acceptance criteria, retail companies distributing products with private transportation fleets are not able to maximize their profits because they are not adequately utilizing their capacity. The ...
Increasing access to medicines in Southern Africa
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Economic instability and poor or lacking physical infrastructure are some of the factors that contribute to price inflation along the supply chain in Zimbabwe. Our research, in partnership with one of the Big Pharma ...
SKU segmentation strategy for a global retail supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The concept of using different supply chain strategies for different products or product families is a fairly simple component of supply chain management. This practice, known as SKU segmentation, is widely used by many ...
The exploration of attributes aligning supply chain strategy & resilience execution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This research aims to characterize and measure hierarchical, functional and geographical alignment within an organization in an effort to understand the individual's attributes of resilience within the broader organization's ...
Statistical and causal analysis of inbound supply chain inefficiencies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Given the importance of operational inefficiencies and their negative impact on the bottom line in today's competitive economy, CVS/pharmacy is very interested in implementing operational improvement initiatives across its ...
A root cause analysis of stock-outs in the pharmaceutical industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
PharCo (an assumed name) is a leading global healthcare company with well-recognized brands of both pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products. As PharCo continues to expand its global presence, product stock-outs in ...
Impact of 3D printing on global supply chains by 2020
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis aims to quantitatively estimate the potential impact of 3D Printing on global supply chains. Industrial adoption of 3D Printing has been increasing gradually from prototyping to manufacturing of low volume ...
3D printing your supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Increasing the pace of product innovation in the consumer packaged goods industry can be achieved by implementing new technologies and streamlining processes. Our research is conducted primarily through extensive interviews ...