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

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    • Forecasting consumer products using prediction markets 

      Trepte, Kai; Narayanaswamy, Rajaram (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      Prediction Markets hold the promise of improving the forecasting process. Research has shown that Prediction Markets can develop more accurate forecasts than polls or experts. Our research concentrated on analyzing Prediction ...

    • Managing multi-tiered suppliers in the high-tech industry 

      Frantz, Charles E. (Charles Evan); Lee, Jimin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      This thesis presents a roadmap for companies to follow as they manage multi-tiered suppliers in the high-tech industry. Our research covered a host of sources including interviews and publications from various companies, ...

    • Use of transportation relays to improve private fleet management 

      Tsu, John; Agarwal, Mayank (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      We explore the use of transportation relays, a somewhat unconventional transportation operations concept, in terms of improving private fleet management. A transportation relay is a shipment that is divided into two legs. ...