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Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Rare earth elements (REE) contain unique chemical physical properties such as lanthamum, are found in small concentrations, need extensive precise properties to separate, and are critical components of modern technologies such as laser guidance systems, personal electronics such as IPhones, satellites, and military weapons systems as varied as Virginia-class fast attack submarines, DDG-51 Aegis destroyers, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and precision guided munitions. The U.S. has some rare earth resources, but is heavily dependent on access to them from countries as varied as Afghanistan, Bolivia, and China. Losing access to these resources would have significant adverse economic, military, and …

Tls Newsletter October 2017, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society

Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter

In the Newsletter: TLS Alumni Networking Night. President's Corner. T & L Student Travels. What Not to Miss this Fall. Get to Know TLS VP Joshua Powell. Industry Insight: JaX LNG. Life after graduation with Gina Akel.

Isscm, Master Of I.S. Cohort, Fall 2017, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Master Cohort Posters

Poster of the 2017 Cohort from the Master of Information Systems Program.

Identification Of Reverse Engineering Candidates Utilizing Machine Learning And Aircraft Cannibalization Data, Marc Banghart

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

As military aircraft continue to remain in service and age, cannibalization of parts is increasing. Proactive identification of parts that are at high risk for cannibalization will inform engineering processes such as reverse engineering, thus allowing potentially reducing lead time to develop new parts. The research objective was to develop a causal structure that can be used for prediction of when cannibalization actions may occur. Bayesian networks allow encoding of causality between various descriptive features given a data set. The method utilized a tabu search algorithm, identified the underlying causal structure and the associated node probabilities. The method is then …

Isscm, M.S. In Logistics & Scm Cohort, Fall 2017, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Master Cohort Posters

Poster of the Fall 2017 Cohort from the Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Program.

Vungle Inc. Improves Monetization Using Big-Data Analytics, Bert De Reyck, Ioannis Fragkos, Yael Gruksha-Cockayne, Casey Lichtendahl, Hammond Guerin, Andre Kritzer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The advent of big data has created opportunities for firms to customize their products and services to unprecedented levels of granularity. Using big data to personalize an offering in real time, however, remains a major challenge. In the mobile advertising industry, once a customer enters the network, an ad-serving decision must be made in a matter of milliseconds. In this work, we describe the design and implementation of an ad-serving algorithm that incorporates machine-learning methods to make personalized ad-serving decisions within milliseconds. We developed this algorithm for Vungle Inc., one of the largest global mobile ad networks. Our approach also …

Performance Of Cellular Bucket Brigades With Hand-Off Times, Yun Fong Lim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

A cellular bucket brigade is a way to coordinate workers along an aisle with work content on both sides. Each worker in a cellular bucket brigade works on one side of the aisle when he proceeds in one direction, and he works on the other side when he proceeds in the reverse direction. Although the cellular bucket brigade eliminates the unproductive walk-back, it requires more hand-offs to assemble a product than a traditional (serial) bucket brigade. These hand-offs may waste significant production capacity as each of them requires an exchange of work, which can be complicated and time-consuming in practice. …

Transshipment Hub Selection From A Shipper’S And Freight Forwarder’S Perspective, Gang Chen, Waiman Cheung, Sung-Chi Chu, Liang Xu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Transshipment hub selection becomes increasingly important to the global logistics community. From the perspectives of shippers and freight forwarders, a selection must align with cost control strategy and sustain service reliability across cooperative service providers. This paper assesses the selection with the options of both sea and air transports, and from the influence of country of origin of the company. Critical factors of transshipment hub selection, both qualitative and quantitative, are identified through focus group discussions. Relative importance of these factors is determined based on collective views of logistics stakeholders. The competitiveness of transshipment hubs is then assessed using an …

Hbcu Technology Transfer Supply Chair Networks’ Sustainability: Budget Resource Planning Tool Development, Clovia Hamilton

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

This study describes the development of a university technology transfer supply chain network sustainability tool that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) can use to become more self-reliant financially. HBCUs lag behind their peer non-HBCUs because historically they have been under-served and were originally established largely as teaching and blue collar trade schools. Increased involvement in research oriented activities such as technology transfer will likely enable HBCUs to grow into new or stronger research institutions. The literature review revealed several problem areas with non-HBCUs university technology transfer include a resource planning issues. These problem areas for non-HBCUs would be challenging …

Isscm Newsletter, Volume 20, September 22, 2017, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Newsletters

A seventeen page newsletter from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.

Book Retailers And The Ever-Changing Scm Landscape: Case Study Of Barnes & Noble Company And Amazon, William T. Rupp, Steven A. Clinton

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Integrating Exploring Sustainability And Supply Chain Management In The Development Of Smart Tiles By Tesla, Dean R. Manna

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Amazon.Com, Inc.: Retailing Giant To High-Tech Player?, Alan D. Smith, William T. Rupp, O. Felix Offodile

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Tls Newsletter, September 2017, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society

Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter

Inside the Newsletter: Fall Kick Off! Wednesday, September 13. President's Corner. Upcoming Events. Get to Know TLS Newsletter Editor, Juliana Young. Jax Chamber T & L Council. Life after Graduation with Ryan Moore, CTL

Optimizing (S, S) Policies For Multi-Period Inventory Models With Demand Distribution Uncertainty: Robust Dynamic Programming Approaches, Ruozhen Qiu, Minghe Sun, Yun Fong Lim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We consider a finite-horizon single-product periodic-review inventory managementproblem with demand distribution uncertainty. We formulate the problemas a dynamic program and prove the existence of an optimal (s, S) policy. Thecorresponding dynamic robust counterpart models are then developed for thebox and the ellipsoid uncertainty sets. These counterpart models are transformedinto tractable linear and second-order cone programs, respectively. Weillustrate the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed robust optimizationapproaches through a numerical study.

Demand Analysis Of The Search And Rescue Resources In Tianjin Haihe River Downstream, Yanfu Li

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Improving Cardiology Patient Flow In Nuclear Medicine, Kelly Haar, Hannah Sullivan, Kathryn Laverdiere, Nuclear Medicine Department, Haley Pelletier, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, Ruth Hanselman

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center

At baseline, a nuclear medicine department found it difficult to complete cardiac stress tests within scheduled times. Using the performance improvement process, a nuclear medicine department looked to improve patient experience related to wait times for this test.

Two goals were identified and a root cause analysis was initiated. After identifying some process issues, two KPIs were developed to address them.

A root cause analysis identified some processing issues and two KPIs were instituted to address them.

As a result, one outcome was to hire an additional physician assistant to address the barrier of inadequate cardiology coverage. Next steps include …

Air Freight, Kyle Dunham, Sid Seavers

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

This study highlights the supplier selection process: identifying the vendors, requesting formal bids, evaluating bids submitted via a weighted metric process, and ultimately setting contract terms and negotiating details of the logistics process.

Impact Of A Kpi-Driven Shared Service Dynamic Fee Model, Jeffrey Dice

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

This study will focus on the impact of a KPI-driven shared service dynamic fee model on shared office solution (SOS) shared service group within the majority shareholder’s organization. Once tested and proven, the conceptual model can be expanded across all shared service groups including being applied against the historical fee model. Although the KPIs will vary between shared service departments, the conceptual design should hold true across the organization.

Morris Home Furnishing, Salissou Nabaran

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

This is a multifaceted project, which in essence illustrates on the repair and maintenance capabilities of Morris Furniture and the pitfalls in its repair operations. The point of convergence in this study is to initiate and examine the data analysis of the repairs being handled by the company in order to contrive a better repair rate. The paper will also examine the learning pathway held by Morris Furniture’s portfolio for its competitors as well as the practical implications it comprises. This project also proposes possible improvements in the operations after a deep analysis on the orientation of resource mobilization and …

Improved Customer Return Process, Cassandra Harrell

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

The purpose of the project was to analyze the return process of product throughout DLA Land and Maritime over the past two years, determining why the current process does not reverse the funds paid to the customer for transportation and misc. handling fees for unserviceable material.

Order Rewards: A Focused Internal "Customer" Incentive Plan To Drive Efficiency And Reduce Costs, Eric W. Roush

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

An industry leading wholesaler in the Dayton area, with a focus in the residential and commercial construction, and industrial supplies and equipment market segment, has a unique problem that needs to be addressed. The company’s specialized setup - with multiple local companies sourcing heavily through the sourcing wing of the company, but not obligated to use the sourcing division for any of their purchases - creates a direct opportunity to enhance purchasing efficiency at the local level, and operational efficiency at the sourcing level, by incentivizing -- not penalizing -- the local companies to submit accurate orders to the sourcing …

Reshaping The Inventory Process: Par Level Management, Rufus Lyle

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

Key operational indicators and financial indicators for the business unit that you are working with (Corporate or Division). Operational indicators will determine and maintain an optimal level of inventory data collection and predictive analysis. The specific medical facilities supply chain network should deliver their information that is timely and effective in meeting business goals. Supply chain visibility will streamline operations root causes for inventory levels to be monitored that will render management actions for improvement.

Lrdp Feed To R2d2 Process Capstone, Tiffany Faris, Theresa Maske

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

The Product Support Division, A4F, of Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command owns a two-phased forecasting process known as the Requirements Review and Depot Determination (R2D2) process. The R2D2 forecasts organic workload which ultimately support the warfighter by providing mission essential logistical sustainment for weapon systems. During a black belt facilitated Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) held in October 2016, there was concern on the reliability of the funding files.

Depot Maintenance Inter-Service Agreement Application (Dma) Utilizing Microsoft Sharepoint, James Marsh, Eric Donofrio

Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Capstone Executive Summaries and Projects

efficiencies, supply support improvements, funding strategies).” The focus of this paper is to identify specific requirements for the development of the Depot Maintenance Inter-Service Agreement Application (DMA) utilizing Microsoft SharePointTM. Enterprise Content Management (ECM refers to technologies used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organizational processes (Duhon, 2005a).

Toward A Three-Dimensional Framework For Omni-Channel, Soroosh Saghiri, Richard Wilding, Carlos Mena, Michael Bourlakis

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

The omni-channel, as an emerging trend in retail, aims to coordinate processes and technologies across supply and sales channels. The evolution of this concept is still nascent. This paper develops a conceptual framework for omni-channel systems, configured by three dimensions of channel stage, channel type and channel agent. Integration and visibility are also explored and discussed as the main enablers, which support the implementation of omni-channel framework.

This research is built upon the empirical and secondary data. Multiple case studies and expert interview methods are employed for data collection to validate the recommended framework and to explore its …

Essays In Measuring, Controlling, And Coordinating Supply Chain Inventory And Transportation Operations, Payam Parsa

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Supply chain collaboration programs, such as continuous replenishment program (CRP), is among the most popular supply chain management practices. CRP is an arrangement between two partners in a supply chain to share information on a regular basis for lowering logistics costs while maintaining or increasing service levels. CRP shifts the replenishment responsibility to the upstream partner to avoid the bullwhip effect across the supply chain. This dissertation aims to quantify, measure, and expand the benefits of CRP for the purpose of reducing logistics cost and improving customer service. The developed models in this dissertation are all applied in different case …

Is It We Or They? The Effect Of Identity On Collaboration And Performance In Buyer-Supplier Relationships, Siqi Ma

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In today’s scale-driven and technology-intensive global economy, collaboration becomes the supply chain’s core capability (Liker and Choi, 2004). A well-developed ability to create and sustain fruitful collaborations gives companies a significant competitive advantage (Kanter, 1994). Retailers are increasingly relying on their suppliers to reduce costs, improve quality, and develop new processes and products faster than their rivals’ vendors can. On the other hand, suppliers benefit from retailers that they are able to monitor store-level demand in real time in order to ensure the top-selling items are in-stock or the accuracy and timeliness of retailer’s demand forecast. Previous literature has shown …

Creating Sustainable Supply Chains: Influencing Sustainable Practices In The Supply Chain, Saif Mir

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Organizations worldwide are reporting their commitment to create sustainable supply chains. Ultimately, supply chain professionals are the drivers of change within their respective organizations, so this dissertation examines the role of communication as a tool to persuade supply chain professionals to create sustainable supply chains. The three studies within this dissertation employ different methodologies to examine the role of communication in the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives. The first study, a grounded theory investigation, highlights the network, communication, and structural factors that provide a strong business case for the development of sustainability initiatives. A strong business case influences the …

Decision Support System For Container Port Selection Using Multiple-Objective Decision Analysis, Rivelino De Icaza

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Ports are essential for maritime transportation and global supply chains since they are nodes that connect the sea- and land-based modes of transportation. With containerization and supply chains stimulating global trade, ports are challenged to adjust to changes in the market to create value to their customers. Therefore, this dissertation research focuses on the container port selection decision analysis to provide information to help shipping lines select the best port for their shipping networks. Since the problem is complex, dynamic, and involves multiple and conflicting criteria, the research proposes to use the multi-objective decision analysis with Value-Focused Thinking approach. The …