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

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    • Inventory optimization in a retail multi-echelon environment 

      Arkaresvimun, Rintiya (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      The objective of the study is to find an optimal inventory distribution in a retail three-echelon environment, consisting of a supplier, a DC, and stores. An inventory model is built by replicating the echelons' periodic, ...

    • Transport mode and network architecture : carbon footprint as a new decision metric 

      Andrieu, Nelly; Weiss, Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      This thesis examines the tradeoffs between carbon footprint, cost, time and risk across three case studies of United States' perishable or consumer packaged goods firms and their transportation partners. Building upon ...

    • Leveraging risk management in the sales and operations planning process 

      Kenny, Timothy; Daniels, Yanika (Yanika S.) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      (cont.) Lastly, we visited SemiCo, a leading global supplier of high performance semiconductor products, to gain first-hand insight into the S&OP process of a large multinational company and complete a brief case study ...