Browsing 2008 MU theses - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Industrial and manufacturing systems engineering (MU)"
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Disaggregate forecasting models : application to Ameren UE's transformer usage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Maintaining appropriate inventory levels is essential when attempting to maximize potential revenue and customer satisfaction. Within the utilities industry the significance of customer satisfaction is of utmost importance ... -
Hub arc selection for less-than-truckload consolidation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)For more than twenty years, shipment consolidation has been utilized as a method to significantly decrease the cost of transporting goods, people, and information. Due to ever-increasing fuel costs and customer expectations, ... -
An integrated model of cross docking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Cross docking is a relatively new logistics technique used in the retail and trucking industries with operations seeking to move materials from inbound locations to outbound locations as quickly as possible. As the high-speed ... -
An integrated stock assignment model for a warehouse fast picking area
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Order picking and restocking of the fast picking area have been identified as the most labor-intensive and costly activities of any distribution center. In a picker-to-item process environment, traveling is an important ... -
The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) in tracking surgical sponges and reducing wrong-site surgeries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)There has been some promising research in the use of RFID technology to ensure that medical sponges are not mistakenly left in surgical patients--estimated to occur once in every 10,000 open cavity surgeries. However, the ...