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Smart Warehousing Implementaion And Education Of Supply Chain Management Leaders, David Quintanilla
Smart Warehousing Implementaion And Education Of Supply Chain Management Leaders, David Quintanilla
Doctoral Dissertations
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Businesses have to adapt to new challenges and technologies in the marketplace which influence warehousing. In order to support this growth, Industry 4.0 technologies have been implemented along the value chain to optimize their organizations and production processes; however, there are still gaps for warehousing research for Industry 4.0. We present four pillars¾location strategy, infrastructure/design, data management, and advanced planning and control¾ as a framework for businesses to use for their adaptation into smart warehousing. In particular, this framework will guide companies in their logistics journey into Industry 4.0. Industry experts and senior logistics professionals were interviewed …
Effective Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems For Supplier Selection And Order Allocation, Cong Guo
Effective Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems For Supplier Selection And Order Allocation, Cong Guo
Doctoral Dissertations
Successful supply chain management requires an effective sourcing strategy to counteract uncertainties in both the suppliers and demands. Therefore, determining a better sourcing policy is critical in most of industries. Supplier selection is an essential task within the sourcing strategy. A well-selected set of suppliers makes a strategic difference to an organization's ability to reduce costs and improve the quality of its end products. To discover the cost structure of selecting a supplier, it is more interesting to further determine appropriate levels of inventory in each echelon for different suppliers. This dissertation focuses on the study of the integrated supplier …