Distribution Network Optimization to Reduce Process Variability and Improve Throughput for an Online Retailer
In moving from standard two-day to single-day shipping, Amazon Fulfillment Centers (FC) must stock an increasing variety of product in inventory. Amazon uses a hub and spoke model where Inbound Cross-Dock (IXD) facilities split and ship large quantities of vendor product efficiently to numerous FCs,...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139406 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-7364 |