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WhiteWave Foods expanded its distribution function into an around-the-clock operation after opening its City of Industry, Calif., facility, but it required a new battery room for support.
Industrial Engineer supply chain columnit Rajiv Saxena says lean projects and lean education will continue to be carried out no matter which connotation - positive or negative - casts a shadow over the term "lean."
In the August IE cover story, U.S. military engineers for Multi-National Corps-Iraq explain how they used simulation to develop a streamlined base closure process in Iraq.
Finding the logistics capacity of a multimodal corridor
The fast-pick area of a warehouse is used to fill orders for the most popular items in a facility. This paper describes methods to balance workloads in setting up and managing the fast-pick area.
In his latest IE column, Rajiv Saxena explains why VMIs are not an ironclad guarantee of improved efficiency.
Using data from the pharmaceutical industry, this research provides a heuristic to address the issues related to SKU assignment and allocation in the most common automated order picking system – an A-frame dispenser system.
Freight transportation company Averitt Express uses discrete-event simulation to improve its processes.
The authors of this presentation model dual-command travel in two common warehouse layouts and compare the efficiency of the two designs.
Rajiv Saxena gives six ways to measure and manage outsourcing providers effectively in his latest IE magazine column.
In order to be responsive to customer orders and lower the inventory holding costs, a build-to-plan, make-to-order schedule is introduced to improve managing the supply chains.
Examining RFID’s trends and its renewed popularity
In this study, a single-stage production-delivery model is developed for technology companies under a finite planning horizon with products experiencing continuous price decrease during the life cycle.
The supply chain world needs industrial engineers now
This paper describes a dynamic multi-commodity capacitated facility location problem in supply chain, where different products flow throughout different layers of supply chain over a time horizon to meet the demand of the customer.
What are the biggest challenges that manufacturing firms foresee while managing their supply chains?
This research project defines and incorporates the role of transportation factors into a facility location decision model for multinational corporations. The two networks considered are the MNC supply chain network and the Global Transportation Network.
Research validates simulation’s role in port security.
Rajiv Saxena shares answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding overseas warehousing in his latest IE column.
Can the optimal solution from network optimization be applicable to actual production with a predictable service rate? The optimal annual production plan can be validated by simulation at production batch level for the entire year.
Company supply chain managers should create a partnership that reduces inventory costs, expedites ordering and ensures that MRO items are available to avoid downtime and quality problems. Case studies are presented that provide evidence of substantial cost savings, and examples from the food and pharmaceutical industries are used.
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