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

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    • Strategies for cost reduction in procuring trucking services 

      Castro Izaguirre, Carlo Gustavo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
      This thesis analyzed truckload shipment transactions from 2006 to 2008 in order to compare planned procurement activity to actual procurement activity. The research specifically focused on three costs: Primary, Actual and ...

    • Product & customer profiling for Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 

      Chen, Liang, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      This thesis is to analyze the suitability of different products, suppliers and customers for Direct Store Delivery (DSD) model with respect to the qualitative profile and the quantitative benefits. During the research, ...

    • The impact of lead time on truckload transportation rates 

      Caldwell, Erik R. (Erik Russell); Fisher, Bryan C (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      The objective of this thesis was to analyze truckload shipment transactions in order to determine if rates are impacted by tender lead time, which is the amount of time between when a carrier is offered a load to when the ...