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

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    • Analysis of global channel costs for the pharmaceutical industry 

      Rimling, Eric C. (Eric Christopher); Seoh, Wontae Thomas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      The pharmaceutical industry creates products which often have more than one supply chain channel, defined as a route through the supply chain network from sourcing to the end market. Each channel's specific cost characteristics ...

    • The impact of fuel price volatility on transportation mode choice 

      Kim, Eun Hie; Nsiah-Gyimah, Michael (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      In recent years, the price of oil has driven large fluctuations in the price of diesel fuel, which is an important cost component in freight logistics. This thesis explores the impact of fuel price volatility on supply ...

    • Using supply chain management techniques to make wind plant and energy storage operation more profitable 

      Saran, Prashant; Siegert, Clayton W (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      Our research demonstrates that supply chain management techniques can improve the incremental gross profits of wind plant and storage operations by up to five times. Using Monte-Carlo simulation we create and test scenarios ...