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Sponsor: Innovative Scheduling Research Team: Yasemin Merzifonluoglu Universities Involved: Virginia Tech Start Date: 11/15/08 End Date: 11/14/09 Summary: The focus of this project is dynamically determining routes of shipments for tactical level decision support for railroads. The objective is to determine an approach to effectively route shipments on trains such […]

Many organizations use U-shaped picking modules to increase the productivity of warehouse workers. Analytical models can be useful in evaluating such picking modules (for example, is the picking module performing well or not). This project developed statistical models to compare picking modules with each other as well as general models to establish a productivity goal for Medline's operations.

This project evaluates vertical chain if production and inventory stocking policy, and makes recommendations on how to improve organization performance