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Chris Caplice and Stephen Graves. Wible, David Barry Leaders for Global Operations Program. Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Sloan School of Management 2011-09-27T18:35:39Z 2011-09-27T18:35:39Z 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66040 752294530 Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, June 2011. "June 2011." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78). Amazon.com is a leading retailer and UPS is the leading package delivery company in the world. Amazon spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year shipping products to customers via parcel carriers such as UPS. Arguably, both companies rely on each other for their future success and are therefore interested in developing a closer relationship. But supplier collaboration efforts are challenging and partnerships between industry leading companies are not common. This research paper demonstrates a case study where two industry giants are working together on a process improvement projects to better serve their customers. This project has a goal of finding opportunities to delivery and sort UPS Ground packages more efficiently so as to allow for a longer window of time each day that the UPS Ground ship method is available. Additional goals exist around implementing more consistent processes and delivering product to UPS earlier in the evening for more efficient sorting. This project demonstrated that significant transportation savings can be achieved through these process improvements. Amazon and UPS are able to work together in a productive way to strengthen their long term relationships. by David Barry Wible. S.M. M.B.A. 95 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Sloan School of Management. Engineering Systems Division. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Methods for extension of ground shipment windows through a supplier collaboration initiative Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="b2fcc902-17cc-4d67-ba3c-78c918b27ab3"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Methods for extension of ground shipment windows through a supplier collaboration initiative</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2011</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Wible, David Barry</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Sloan School of Management.</Keyword> <Keyword>Engineering Systems Division.</Keyword> <Keyword>Leaders for Global Operations Program.</Keyword> <Abstract>Amazon.com is a leading retailer and UPS is the leading package delivery company in the world. Amazon spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year shipping products to customers via parcel carriers such as UPS. Arguably, both companies rely on each other for their future success and are therefore interested in developing a closer relationship. But supplier collaboration efforts are challenging and partnerships between industry leading companies are not common. This research paper demonstrates a case study where two industry giants are working together on a process improvement projects to better serve their customers. This project has a goal of finding opportunities to delivery and sort UPS Ground packages more efficiently so as to allow for a longer window of time each day that the UPS Ground ship method is available. Additional goals exist around implementing more consistent processes and delivering product to UPS earlier in the evening for more efficient sorting. This project demonstrated that significant transportation savings can be achieved through these process improvements. Amazon and UPS are able to work together in a productive way to strengthen their long term relationships.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>