MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network: Recent submissions
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Increasing Return on Assets through insourcing logistics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Insourcing and vertical integration often allow companies to gain competitive advantage by exercising a greater degree of control over their supply chain. In the case of ABC Oilfield Services, insourcing the transportation ... -
Evaluating inventory segmentation strategies for aftermarket service parts in heavy industry using linked discrete-event and Monte Carlo simulations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Heavy industries operate equipment having a long life to generate revenue or perform a mission. These industries must invest in the specialized service parts needed to maintain their equipment, because unlike in other ... -
Estimation of run times in a freight rail transportation network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The objective of this thesis is to improve the accuracy of individual freight train run time predictions defined as the time between departure from an origin node to arrival at a destination node not including yard time. ...
