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Motivated by the conversion of many suppliers from prepaid to collect shipping terms, this project identifies opportunities to leverage synnergy between collect suppliers. In particular, we outline a methodology to synchronize vendors in the same geographic areas so they can flow through consolidation centers, and a methodology to pool vendors to save on transportation costs.
Sponsor:
Sam’s Club
Research Team:
Sarah Root
Universities Involved:
University of Arkansas
Start Date:
05/15/10
End Date:
08/14/11
Summary:
Problem in context:
Sam’s is looking to move more of its suppliers from prepaid to collect.
Identify opportunities to reduce costs by moving to collect terms
The quantitative tradeoff between different level of service (4- day window, 5-day window ) and the cost is unknown.