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  • A Metaheuristic Approach for Facilities Location with Balanced Allocation of Customers

    Creator:
    Nippaya, Dheeraporn
    Abstract:
    Organizations are constantly looking for innovative strategies to face more stringent competitive environments and the ever increasing market globalization. An alternative these organizations can pursue to respond to these challenges is to optimize their supply chain network (SCN). Important considerations when optimizing a SCN involve determining locations for plants and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ J. David

  • Differentiating transportation modes using Bluetooth sensor data

    Creator:
    Bathaee, Nadia
    Abstract:
    State departments of transportation, transportation consultants, and other transportation agencies are always in need of data that can be used to better understand how different modes of transportation use the road and highway systems. A variety of automatic data collection technologies have been used to gather these data including video...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ___________________________________________________________________ J. David Porter State departments of transportation, transportation consultants, and other

  • Modeling and optimization of radio frequency identification networks for inventory management

    Creator:
    Suriya, Atipong
    Abstract:
    Stock loss and out-of-stocks are outcomes of poorly designed inventory management systems and can lead to significant revenue losses. Inventory management systems (IMS) based on radio frequency identification (RFID) have the potential to minimize these losses if they are properly designed and deployed. However, the placement of RFID readers to...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    :________________________________________________________ J. David Porter Stock loss and out-of-stocks are outcomes of poorly designed inventory

  • A Quantitative Analysis of Simultaneous Supply and Demand Disruptions on a Multi-Echelon Supply Chain

    Creator:
    Kost, Austin R.
    Abstract:
    Modern supply chains have grown to be far more complex than their predecessors, as global trade and accessibility have opened avenues of trade that were previously impossible. As such, the inherent risk of internal and/or external disruptions impacting the performance of a supply chain has also grown due to the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Chain. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ J. David