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

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    • An engineering approach to improving hospital supply chains 

      Cheng, Scott Hsiang-Jen; Whittemore, Graham J (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      This thesis explores supply chain management practices that have been implemented, and have improved supply chains in industries outside of healthcare. The presented supply chain practices have been selected because they ...

    • Evolutionary supply chain risk management : transforming culture for sustainable competitive advantage 

      Lévy, Romain (Romain Georges Jean) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
      In today's fast-paced and turbulent global economy, the topic of risk management has gained significant interest in the business and academic world. However, in practice, risk management remains rather underdeveloped and ...

    • Improving promotional effectiveness through supplier-retailer collaboration 

      Kapur, Gautam, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Liu, Bin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
      In the consumer products industry, retail chains and manufacturers run promotions to maintain consumer and brand loyalty. The two major issues in planning and executing promotions are to accurately forecast demand and to ...