Supply Chain Management: Recent submissions

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    • The Impact of Special Events on the Freight Spot Market 

      Gard, Adam; Famofo-Idowu, Olasunkanmi (2019)
      The United States freight spot market moves in patterns consistent with general economic fluctuations within the broader macro-economy. While the spot market does follow general trends, there is an underlying belief that ...

    • Root Cause Analysis and Impact of Unplanned Procurement on Truckload Transportation Costs 

      Aemireddy, Nishitha; Yuan, Xiyang (2019)
      The tender rejection rate by primary carriers for the TMC division of CH Robinson nearly doubled from 2015-16 to 2017-18. An increase in tender rejection rates directly results in an increase in transportation costs for ...

    • Modeling Large Scale e-Commerce Distribution Networks 

      Calero, Nelson; Zhang, Yao (2019)
      As urbanization and e-commerce continue to grow at a rapid rate, companies are rethinking the way they operate their final-mile distribution networks to prepare for the scaling of their costs. How can companies leverage ...