Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
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| author | Joshi, Yogesh V. (Yogesh Vijay), 1976- |
| author2 | Sanjay Sarma. |
| author_facet | Sanjay Sarma. Joshi, Yogesh V. (Yogesh Vijay), 1976- |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/90522019-04-11T14:15:07Z Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics Joshi, Yogesh V. (Yogesh Vijay), 1976- Sanjay Sarma. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64). Supply chains are nonlinear dynamic systems, the control of which is complicated by long, variable delays in product and information flows. In this thesis, we present a novel framework for improving the visibility of information in supply chains by reducing the delays in information flow. We first analyze the growth and evolution of production and operations management software over the past three decades, and the current trends in their development, coupled with recent advances in radio frequency technology, wireless communications, data representation methods, and the internet. Information visibility is identified as one of the key elements for successful implementation of any such software. We analyze the dynamics of a supply chain under different scenarios of information visibility and forecasting decisions with the help of simulations. Possible improvements in supply chain costs are identified, provided information visibility. We propose a framework to achieve information visibility in the supply chain using radio frequency tags, tag readers, product identification codes, an object description language, and the internet. by Yogesh V. Joshi. S.M. 2005-08-24T19:16:43Z 2005-08-24T19:16:43Z 2000 2000 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9052 46046458 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 68 p. 5914099 bytes 5913855 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Joshi, Yogesh V. (Yogesh Vijay), 1976- Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| title | Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| title_full | Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| title_fullStr | Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| title_short | Information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| title_sort | information visibility and its effect on supply chain dynamics |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9052 |
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