Prioritizing inbound transportation
Thesis: M. Eng. in Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2016.
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| author | Rassey, Richard Koury Zheng, Yong |
| author2 | Chris Caplice and Francisco Jauffred. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1075092019-04-11T14:25:46Z Prioritizing inbound transportation Rassey, Richard Koury Zheng, Yong Chris Caplice and Francisco Jauffred. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Supply Chain Management Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Supply Chain Management Program. Engineering Systems Division. Thesis: M. Eng. in Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2016. "June 2016." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64). Retailers must coordinate inbound shipments from a large number of vendors. In order to manage capacity, retailers need to have a system to prioritize inbound loads with capacitated carriers. This practice creates a constraint when the number of loads exceeds the capacity of committed carriers due to seasonality and consumer shopping behaviors. A prioritization mechanism needed to be developed to support decision making for the selection of loads when capacity is constrained. This research applied the Analytic Hierarchy Process to define prioritization logic for each inbound load and solved a Knapsack model to optimize the assignment. This decision-making model allows the retailer to properly assign load priority based on company objectives. Further, opportunities were found to optimize load priority by up to 8.3 percent as compared to the current assignment. Similar retailers can leverage this research not only to prioritize inbound loads but also to prioritize other decisions such as which initiatives to pursue. by Richard Koury Rassey and Yong Zheng. M. Eng. in Logistics 2017-03-20T19:37:40Z 2017-03-20T19:37:40Z 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107509 962706943 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 64 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Supply Chain Management Program. Engineering Systems Division. Rassey, Richard Koury Zheng, Yong Prioritizing inbound transportation |
| title | Prioritizing inbound transportation |
| title_full | Prioritizing inbound transportation |
| title_fullStr | Prioritizing inbound transportation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prioritizing inbound transportation |
| title_short | Prioritizing inbound transportation |
| title_sort | prioritizing inbound transportation |
| topic | Supply Chain Management Program. Engineering Systems Division. |
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