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

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    • Strategy for direct to store delivery 

      Panditrao, Amit; Adiraju, Kishore (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      The thesis attempts to answer the question which is commonly asked by retailers and manufacturers - what's the best way to deliver a product to the store? Specifically the thesis tries to understand and evaluate the impact ...

    • Segmentation strategies in urban retail : an application to nanostores in Bogota 

      Pan, Xiaodan M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      This research analyzes how to apply segmentation strategies in the nanostore retail market, focusing on a pilot company located in Bogota, Colombia. This study introduces two segmentation strategies: 1) a sketch segmentation ...

    • Carrier strategies in the spot trucking market 

      Leopando, Paul Jeffrey Ramirez; Rocca, Kyle A. C (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
      How an owner-operator chooses a specific load is a relatively unstudied field in transportation literature. Stakeholders in the decisions, such as freight brokers, stand to benefit from a better understanding of the selection ...