Can S'Pore Be An Icon For Service Productivity?,
2016
Singapore Management University
Can S'Pore Be An Icon For Service Productivity?, Arnoud De Meyer
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
The traditional analysis tools or flexible work design deployed in manufacturing may be insufficient in giving a boost to services. For all practical purposes, there are only two ways to create more value per worker and stimulate growth, we need innovation or become more productive.
Ad Revenue Optimization In Live Broadcasting,
2016
INSEAD
Ad Revenue Optimization In Live Broadcasting, Dana G. Popescu, Pascale Crama
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
In live broadcasting, the break lengths available for commercials are not always fixed and known in advance (e.g., strategic and injury time-outs are of variable duration in live sports transmissions). Broadcasters actively manage their advertising revenue by jointly optimizing sales and scheduling policies. We characterize the optimal dynamic schedule in a simplified setting that incorporates stochastic break durations and advertisement lengths of 15 and 30 seconds. The optimal policy is a "greedy" look-ahead rule that accounts for the remaining number of breaks; in this setting, there is no value to perfect information at the scheduling stage, and hence knowing the …
Consolidating Supply Chain Management Education Through Professional Certification,
2016
Air Force Institute of Technology
Consolidating Supply Chain Management Education Through Professional Certification, Christopher L. Clawson
Theses and Dissertations
The Air Force and Department of Defense can benefit from professional certification in supply chain management. Research addressed the benefits and impact certification can have on individuals and an organization. Without a defined and concise education plan for supply chain management, certification remains a viable option. Interviews with defense industry partners highlighted key aspects of successful SCM development and education programs.
An Evaluation Of Forecasting Methods That Could Be Used In The Brazilian Air Force Uniform Distribution Process,
2016
Air Force Institute of Technology
An Evaluation Of Forecasting Methods That Could Be Used In The Brazilian Air Force Uniform Distribution Process, Leandro Valviesse De Oliveira
Theses and Dissertations
Every year the Brazilian Air Force (BAF) spends the equivalent of approximately 15 million dollars for uniforms. These purchases come from a tight budget, are executed through public procurement processes, and are tied to Brazilian acquisition regulations, which are often very strict. For this reason, lead times are unpredictable. It can take anywhere from one month to a year to replenish an item. The purpose of this research is to analyze the forecasting process performed at a BAF military organization named Sub-directorate of Supply (SDS) with the intent of building an algorithm comprised of a selection of forecasting models in …
Simulation Modeling And Analysis Of Air Force Depot Engine Repair During Normal And Increased Operational Tempos,
2016
Air Force Institute of Technology
Simulation Modeling And Analysis Of Air Force Depot Engine Repair During Normal And Increased Operational Tempos, Changsung Kim
Theses and Dissertations
Maintaining an adequate level of aircraft availability through Agile Combat Support (ACS) is crucial for the Air Force to perform its mission. During normal day to day operations, demands for depot repair including spare parts and maintenance man-hours typically fall within a range supportable with current assets and capabilities. However, with increased flying operations during a conflict, demand at the depot level may likely exceed current capacity for timely support, resulting in backorders for spares and increased turnaround times. This thesis develops a discrete event simulation of the F-16 engine repair network to investigate the impact on engine availability (a …
Determining The Degree Of The Routinization Of Additive Manufacturing In The Air Logistics Complexes,
2016
Air Force Institute of Technology
Determining The Degree Of The Routinization Of Additive Manufacturing In The Air Logistics Complexes, Candis A. Woods
Theses and Dissertations
Fiscal constraints have affected the USAF’s spending and sustainment of weapons systems that are being utilized beyond their programmed life cycle; therefore, it is imperative that processes be given the critical eye for improvement, innovative approaches, and/or best practice implementation. The AFSC, part of the AFMC, has embarked on a groundbreaking effort to transform operations and leverage industry best practices, while maintaining focus on warfighter support to create “The AFSC Way.” The AFSC Way is based on a shared leadership model that emphasizes speed, safety, and quality, which gives way to innovative ideas and new technologies in order to achieve …
Isscm Newsletter, Volume 11, March 23, 2016,
2016
Wright State University
Isscm Newsletter, Volume 11, March 23, 2016, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University
ISSCM Newsletters
A ten page newsletter from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.
Scenario-Based Simulation Game For Hospital Beds Capacity Planning In Singapore,
2016
Singapore Management University
Scenario-Based Simulation Game For Hospital Beds Capacity Planning In Singapore, Cheong, Michelle L. F., Li Siong Lim
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
A complete learning object with scenario-based simulation game and accompanying materials, which allows self-directed learners to learn and apply the theory, concepts and calculations for capacity planning, in the hospital beds capacity planning scenario in Singapore, was designed, developed and immplemented. It guides the learners through the key considerations for capacity planning, the computation of actual capacity needed, deciding the time for capacity increments, as well as the economies and diseconomies of scale when adding capacity. All the learnings are applied in a scenario where the learners make decision on how much and when to add hospital beds to existing …
Made In Singapore, Plugged Into The World,
2016
Singapore Management University
Made In Singapore, Plugged Into The World, Arnoud Cyriel Leo De Meyer
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Manufacturing in Singapore is not an outmoded sector. Instead, it is a job multiplier and can be a source of innovation as well as a vital way to plug the Republic into the global manufacturing network.
Electricity Trading And Negative Prices: Storage Vs. Disposal,
2016
Singapore Management University
Electricity Trading And Negative Prices: Storage Vs. Disposal, Yangfang (Helen) Zhou, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Nicola Secomandi, Stephen Smith
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Electricity cannot yet be stored on a large scale, but technological advances leading to cheaper and more efficient industrial batteries make grid-level storage of electricity surpluses a natural choice. Because electricity prices can be negative, it is unclear how the presence of negative prices might affect the storage policy structure known to be optimal when prices are only non-negative, or even how important it is to consider negative prices when managing an industrial battery. For fast storage (a storage facility that can both be fully emptied and filled up in one decision period), we show analytically that negative prices can …
Improving The Maritime Transshipment Operations At The Noble Group,
2016
Singapore Management University
Improving The Maritime Transshipment Operations At The Noble Group, Fragkos I., Bert De Reyck
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
The Noble Group is a market-leading global supply chain manager of agricultural products, metals, and minerals, operating in more than 140 locations. This paper focuses on Noble’s maritime operations in Indonesia, where coal is transported from mines to ocean-bound vessels via roads and rivers. Currently, transportation delays are causing Noble to lose tens of millions of dollars per year in demurrage and detention penalties. Although the company can hire additional resources (such as barges and floating cranes) in advance to minimize the impact of delays, the economic benefit of doing so is often unclear. To reduce or eliminate these delays, …
Isscm Newsletter, Volume 10, February 15, 2016,
2016
Wright State University
Isscm Newsletter, Volume 10, February 15, 2016, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University
ISSCM Newsletters
A ten page newsletter from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.
Tls Newsletter. February 2016,
2016
University of North Florida
Tls Newsletter. February 2016, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society
Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter
Inside the Newsletter: Mark Your Calendars for T & L Career Day on March 25. President's Corner. Get to Know Emily Millspaw, Newsletter Editor. T & L Flagship Tour to Total Quality Logistics. What's Happening in the Industry. Life after Graduation with Valerie Seaman
Cost-Reducing Innovation And The Role Of Patent Intermediaries In Increasing Market Efficiency,
2016
University of Texas at Dallas
Cost-Reducing Innovation And The Role Of Patent Intermediaries In Increasing Market Efficiency, Anupam Agrawal, Shantanu Bhattacharya, Sameer Hasija
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Patent intermediaries have gained importance as non-practicing entities in the innovation domain, buying innovations from an external provider and then licensing them to practicing firms. In this study, we analyze the competition between two identical incumbent firms and a patent intermediary for the acquisition and licensing of a cost-reducing innovation developed by an external innovator. We show that the outcome of the IP acquisition and licensing game critically depends on the degree of the cost-reducing innovation. Patent intermediaries win IP rights in patent markets if the innovation is incremental. They also win the IP rights when the innovation is moderate …
A Proactive Sampling Approach To Project Scheduling Under Uncertainty,
2016
Singapore Management University
A Proactive Sampling Approach To Project Scheduling Under Uncertainty, Pradeep Varakantham, Na Fu, Hoong Chuin Lau
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Uncertainty in activity durations is a key characteristic of many real world scheduling problems in manufacturing, logistics and project management. RCPSP/max with durational uncertainty is a general model that can be used to represent durational uncertainty in a wide variety of scheduling problems where there exist resource constraints. However, computing schedules or execution strategies for RCPSP/max with durational uncertainty is NP-hard and hence we focus on providing approximation methods in this paper. We pro- vide a principled approximation approach based on Sample Average Approximation (SAA) to compute proactive schedules for RCPSP/max with durational uncertainty. We further contribute an extension to …
Achieving Stable And Fair Profit Allocation With Minimum Subsidy In Collaborative Logistics,
2016
Singapore Management University
Achieving Stable And Fair Profit Allocation With Minimum Subsidy In Collaborative Logistics, Lucas Agussurja, Hoong Chuin Lau, Shih-Fen Cheng
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
With the advent of e-commerce, logistics providers are faced with the challenge of handling fluctuating and sparsely distributed demand, which raises their operational costs significantly. As a result, horizontal cooperation are gaining momentum around the world. One of the major impediments, however, is the lack of stable and fair profit sharing mechanism. In this paper, we address this problem using the framework of computational cooperative games. We first present cooperative vehicle routing game as a model for collaborative logistics operations. Using the axioms of Shapley value as the conditions for fairness, we show that a stable, fair and budget balanced …
Isscm Scholarship And Awards 2016,
2016
Wright State University
Isscm Scholarship And Awards 2016, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University
ISSCM Awards & Scholarships
Scholarships and Awards presented in the ISSCM Department. This document includes photos of recipients receiving awards.
Organic Or Contract Support? Investigating Cost And Performance In Aircraft Sustainment,
2016
Air Force Institute of Technology
Organic Or Contract Support? Investigating Cost And Performance In Aircraft Sustainment, Jonathan D. Ritschel, Tamiko L. Ritschel
Journal of Transportation Management
Over the past 15 years, the United States Air Force (USAF) has shifted toward utilizing more Contracted Logistics Support (CLS) and away from organic maintenance in their aircraft fleets. Given operating and support costs comprise 53-65% of total life-cycle costs for USAF aircraft, understanding the implications of these sustainment decisions is imperative. Utilizing a maintenance cost per flying hour metric and performing regression analysis, we find the maintenance strategy decision (CLS, mixed, or organic) is the most significant driver. We then examine performance metrics in relation to two established aircraft availability targets. Analysis of variance reveals statistically significant differences between …
Parcel Shipping: Understanding The Needs Of Business Shippers,
2016
Central Michigan University
Parcel Shipping: Understanding The Needs Of Business Shippers, Michael S. Garver, Zachary Williams, Sean P. Goffnett, Brian J. Gibson
Journal of Transportation Management
Research on carrier selection addresses how shippers choose carriers. To date, this extensive research stream has not adequately addressed a known and significant shipping segment: business parcel shippers. In this research, input from 374 business parcel shippers was captured and analyzed using Maximum Difference Scaling. The respondents were asked to evaluate the importance of 17 carrier selection variables in regard to choosing a parcel carrier. The overall results indicate that delivery promises, transit times, rates, pick-up promises, and tracking are the most important attributes when a parcel shipper makes a carrier selection. In addition, the results of attribute importance were …
The Stewardship Of Trust In The Global Value Chain,
2016
Washington and Lee University School of Law
The Stewardship Of Trust In The Global Value Chain, Kishanthi Parella
Scholarly Articles
Global governance has not yet caught up with the globalization of business. As a result, our headlines provide daily accounts of the extent and consequences of these "governance gaps." The ability of corporations to evade state control also contributes to an unusual, even frightening, phenomenon: corporations are governing like states. Some governance functions traditionally delivered by state actors are now increasingly undertaken by transnational corporations. One area that is experiencing this substitution is dispute resolution of human rights. Corporations and other business enterprises, individually or collectively, are creating a variety of grievance mechanisms to address human rights and other conflicts …
