Editor's note: The SCM thesis Buffer or Suffer: Dynamic Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization in Action was authored by Vi Duong and Nic Holwerda, and supervised by Dr. Eva Ponce (eponce@mit.edu). For ...

Fast-growth companies rarely die from a lack of ingenuity. They die because their people can’t change fast enough. In a market where the playbook flips every quarter, change isn’t a nice-to-have; it’s ...

Abstract: A typical coverage control objective function, known as the locational cost, is ill-suited for theoretical analysis of time-varying coverage control. This paper proposes a family of ...

Few topics split opinion in media buying quite like principal media, the increasingly common practice of agencies reselling media inventory at an undisclosed margin. Critics see conflicts of interest ...

Inventory control specialists at Acme Lancaster Distribution Center in East Cocalico Township voted to unionize earlier this month, according to local Teamsters officers. Sean O’Neill, an organizer at ...

Those who study the brain or treat patients (or both) talk a lot about executive functioning, often in the negative. We refer to “poor executive functioning,” “executive dysfunction,” “frontal lobe ...

Abstract: Dear Editor, This letter proposes a novel Nash bargaining solution-based multi-objective model predictive control (MPC) scheme to deal with the interaction force control and the ...

ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. for remote control functions for FPSO units. ABS completed design reviews based on the ABS Requirements for Autonomous and ...

There are many reasons why a solid inventory management process can help businesses operate more efficiently. Business owners who have a firm grasp on accurate inventory needs will see it in their ...