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    • 100% container scanning : security policy implications for global supply chains 

      Bennett, Allison C. (Allison Christine); Chin, Yi Zhuan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      On August 3, 2007, President George Bush signed into law HR1 the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007." The 9/11 Act requires 100% scanning of US-bound containers at foreign seaports by 2012 ...
    • Customer service driven supply chain segmentation 

      Worawattananon, Prakit (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      The objective of this thesis is to develop a supply chain segmentation model for Company X, which is in the chemical and construction materials industry. The company sells products in an expanding Southeast Asia market. ...
    • Determination of drivers of stock-out performance of retail stores using data mining techniques 

      Usman, Khalid, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      This research applies data mining techniques to give a picture of the interaction of performance variables such as between stock-outs and store attributes, and stock-outs and other variables including store sales, income ...