MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network: Recent submissions

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    • Towards a consumer-oriented supply chain 

      Andrianopoulos, Panagiotis, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pérez Wario, Hector Rafael (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
      The current consumer products industry is primarily designed as a customer oriented supply chain; this means that it is designed to fulfill orders from the distribution centers or stores of the retailers. The question posed ...

    • Relationship between price and performance : an analysis of the US trucking market 

      Amiryan, Nane, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bhattacharjee, Sharmistha (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
      This thesis focuses on the study of the carrier-shipper relationships in the US trucking market. It uses data provided by a leading third party logistics (3PL) company to explore and determine whether a relationship exists ...

    • Perfecting visibility with retailer data 

      Daniele Primavera; Shi, Hang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      This thesis investigates the utility of using retailer point of sales (POS) data in the production planning process of a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing company. The quantitative measurements of utility include ...