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Assessing sales floor capacity and replenishment strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Target stores (and the upstream supply chain) have been traditionally designed for a predominantly brick and mortar business, fed by a push supply chain model. With the growing need for omnichannel sales fulαllment, supply ...
Modeling variability for biologics strategic planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Making strategic decisions about resource capabilities in the uncertain business of drug development is a challenging task. Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, is expanding from its success in small molecule therapeutics ...
Applied discrete event simulation for root cause analysis and evaluation of corrective process change Efficacy within vaccine manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Digital Transformation of the Biopharmaceutical industry is enabling improved operations through smart manufacturing. One area of interest is the application of advanced data analytics techniques to supplement traditional ...
Predictive analysis of installation and operational qualification issues vs. process severity events
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
As the retail industry grows more popular, ABCD, a world-class electronic commerce (e-commerce) business, is increasingly building new Fulfillment Centers (FCs) to support this rapid demand growth. It is integral for ABCD ...
Optimal allocation of surgical services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Over the past several years Greater Boston has witnessed the consolidation of multiple community hospitals into larger care organizations and a renewed focus on the delivery of affordable care. In order for the Beth Israel ...
Analysis of operations headcount in the new product introduction of servers and workstations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
An optimal coordination between a design team and a manufacturing team is necessary to minimize the overall cost of a project and to remain competitive. The type of coordination can range from one way communication to ...
Digital factory : real time information system implementation in a traditional manufacturing environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The Internet and emerging technologies such as RFID have been making profound impacts on operations of traditional manufacturing companies. Advances in these fields have opened up possibilities for significant improvements ...
Risk management framework for evaluating suppliers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Sikorsky Aircraft Co. currently finds itself in a critical growth period, in terms of both sales contracts and supplier agreements. Popular supply chain strategies preach reduction and simplification of the supply base, ...
Survivable paths in multilayer networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
We consider the problem of protection in multilayer networks. In single-layer net- works, a pair of disjoint paths can be used to provide protection for a source-destination pair. However, this approach cannot be directly ...
Defining new business models for the mobile device supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Mobile device companies typically manage supply and pricing for components that are used in production by their Vertical Integrators (VIs). By controlling the component pricing and supply chain, mobile device companies are ...