State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study
Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.
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| author | El Jebbari, Zyad |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1062442022-01-12T19:25:18Z State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study El Jebbari, Zyad Pat Hale and Chintan Vaishnav. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program System Design and Management Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. System Design and Management Program Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Engineering Systems Division. Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67). Emerging Markets are defined as nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. Market penetration of products across the country is an extremely difficult task due to poor infrastructure and prohibitive costs of infrastructure. The motivation for this thesis is to 1) develop a framework to reduce the complexity of the study by clustering a diverse pool of products into fewer major classes of products sharing similar features, 2) design a network optimization model to better serve the end consumer in two different states in India, and 3) assess and improve the scalability of the distribution network. The results of this research directly enhance the distribution models used to scale production and efficiently use supply chains in low to middle income countries, leveraging existing resources (retail outlets) to deliver goods in two Indian states and can be generalized to other states. The SKU classification methodology (clustering) can be generalized to other classes of products that logistics companies are currently delivering in rural India (food, pantry, commodities,'...). To the extent of our knowledge, this optimization network modeling has not been researched yet in developing economies. It was found that our methodology could help retailers get access to customers more efficiently. We finished by determining the optimal scalability strategy using cost effectiveness and service level effectiveness for two different Indian states, Maharashtra and Bihar. Keywords: scalability, supply chain, developing economy, case study, network design by Zyad El Jebbari. S.M. in Engineering and Management 2017-01-06T16:13:35Z 2017-01-06T16:13:35Z 2016 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106244 961912604 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 67 pages application/pdf a-ii--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Engineering Systems Division. El Jebbari, Zyad State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study |
| title | State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study |
| title_full | State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study |
| title_fullStr | State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study |
| title_short | State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study |
| title_sort | state of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in emerging economies an indian case study |
| topic | Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Engineering Systems Division. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106244 |
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