researchexpo 2018Over 200 supply chain master’s students from the MIT Global SCALE Network showcase their thesis projects sponsored by:

CVS Health, Procter & Gamble, BASF, Uber Freight, CHEP, MSC Industrial Supply, Coyote Logistics, General Electric, CH Robinson, Johnson & Johnson, and many more.

MIT Media Lab, Floor 675 Amherst St

Building E14Cambridge, MA

January 24, 20185:00-8:00pm

SCM Master of Engineering in Logistics

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics - Cambridge, MA, USA

ZLOG MIT Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Zaragoza Logistics Center - Zaragoza, Spain

MSCM MIT Malaysia Master of Science in Supply Chain Management

Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation - Shah Alam, Malaysia

LSCM MIT Luxembourg Supply Chain Management Program

Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Luxembourg

3C PROGRAM MIT - 3 Continent Program

Zaragoza, Spain - Cambridge, USA - Ningbo, China

GCLOG MIT Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation - Bogotá, Colombia

Registration opens at 4:30 pm. Each display stand features two posters. Posters are divided into A and B groups, and will revolve every 30 minutes. Voting for the Best Thesis Poster will close at 7:30pm.

5:00 - 5:30 pm Group A posters are displayed. (Voting opens at 5pm.)

5:30 - 6:00 pm Group B posters are displayed.

6:00 - 6:30 pm Guest Remarks

6:30 - 7:00 pm Group A posters are displayed.

7:00 - 7:30 pm Group B posters are displayed. (Voting closes at 7:30pm.)

7:45 - 8:00 pm Best Thesis Poster Awards announced.

Best Thesis Poster Awards sponsored by:

ISM - Greater Boston, Inc.www.ismgb.org

A5:00 - 5:30 & 6:30 - 7:00018

Title Author(s) SCALE Center

Location/ Monitor #

TOPIC: HUMANITARIAN & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYSustainability and Carbon Tracking Model for Archiving Industry Dieu Thi Dao LSCM 1

Network Design For Mid-day Meal Program Priyanka Singh, Afsaruzzaman Noor Jyoti SCM 2

Sustainable Urban Logistics in Megacities Paula Magnano, Erick Castillo, Fernando Mutarelli, Natalia Maier, Alejandra Grbich

GCLOG 3

Shelters in Peru and Colombia: A Logistic Approach Fiorella Ruiz, Nathalie Lobon, Eduardo Sanchez GCLOG 4

TOPIC: HEALTHCAREAnti-counterfeiting in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Lian Zhao, Subir Paul ZLOG 5

Foresight is 20/20: Improving Forecast Accuracy Through Demand Sensing

Federico Laino, Evan Humphrey SCM 6

Impact Of Planning Parameters On Inventory María Inés Gallo, Isabella Obediente, Lucas Lencina ZLOG 7

Scenario Planning To Improve Process Maturity Carmen Gomez, Lokesh Deivasigamani, Luis Racca ZLOG 8

Modeling Regulatory Impacts on Supply Chains Melissa Medina SCM 9

TOPIC: NETWORK DESIGNNetwork Optimization For International Commodity Trading German Tisera, Sebastian Abt SCM 10

International Planning & Duties David Cheung, Ross Pieper SCM 11

Inbound Logistics Network Optimization Geraldine Mae Felicio, Deepika Sharma SCM 12

Distribution Network Optimization of Engine Spare Parts Ricardo Cabral, Soukaina Hamimoune, Byron Mendoza

ZLOG 13

TOPIC: SECURITY & RISKImplementing Blockchain to Supply Chain Javier Piniella 3C 14

Risk Mitigation at Call Centers Jin Li, Viviana Nieto Valencia SCM 15

Latin America’s Bottleneck: Supply Chain @ MicroSmallFirms Mirna Arizaleta, Xiaohan Zhu SCM 16

Systems Dynamics For Readiness For Recession Mayra Chiluisa, Alfredo Llanos, Erwin Salas GCLOG 17

TOPIC: DEMAND PLANNINGDemand Planning Optimization for Footwear Majd Kharfan, Vicky Chan SCM 18

Evaluation of Demand Forecasting and CPFR for a Major Beverage Manufacturer in the Middle East

Priyanka Mani 3C 19

Planning for Peak Demand in Reverse Logistics Ian Teoh, Anshu Thakur SCM 20

Optimal Supply Chain Operating Strategies Based on Demand Signal Bernadette Orende, Mary Kate Gorman SCM 21

TOPIC: LOGISTICSPanama’s 2030 National Logistics Strategy Francisco San Juan 3C 22

Resilient Logistics for ‘Green’ Metal Nedim Begovic, Shailesh Gupta ZLOG 23

Shaping Commercial and Supply Chain Strategies Rafael Escamilla, Mateo Pachon, Ricardo Freire GCLOG 24

Customer-oriented Last Mile Delivery Eugene Sohn SCM 25

A5:00 - 5:30 & 6:30 - 7:00

Title Author(s) SCALE Center

Location/ Monitor #

TOPIC: INVENTORYEffective Forecasting and Inventory Allocation Strategies Amir Khan, Carlos Mira, Dmytro Rizdvanetskyi ZLOG 26

The Right Inventory at the Right Time Daniel Covert, Joaquin Ortiz SCM 27

Pooling the risk at fresh food cold chain Hon Yean Loh MSCM 28

Utilizing risk-pooling approach to improve inventory performance in a multi-echelon inventory problem

Pay Loe Eau MSCM 29

Analyzing upstream impact on downstream shelf-availability Hanin Aboutaleb, Tony Li SCM 30

Optimization of safety and cycle stock María García, Lourdes del Cerro 3C 31

Resiliency and Sourcing Strategy Ted Lynch, Scott Conner ZLOG 32

Excess Inventory in Aerospace & Defense Firms Danaka Porter SCM 33

TOPIC: TRANSPORTATIONImpact of Lead Time Variability on Supply Chain Performance Charles Narbonne Merineau, Sharique Islam MSCM 34

Risk Management in U.S. Natural Gas Transportation Lauren Sittler SCM 35

Projecting Patterns with Causal Influences to Forecast Freight Rates Kayn-U Chong MSCM 36

Increasing delivery efficiency and flexibility Juan Carlos Coloma López, Michel Patrick, Vascon-celos Groenner

SCM 37

Ad-hoc vs Contractual Transportation Rates Chunyan Zhou, Mei Yang, Javid Abbasov ZLOG 38

Contract Vs Spot Market Bidding - Decoding the Dilemma Akhil Faisal 3C 39

Paving the Way for LTL Success Chris Rallis, Ben Yin SCM 40

Uberization of Freight Procurement Mita Hendra Mukti, Ignacio Helguera Sánchez SCM 41

Supply Chain Management Puneet Jain SCM 42

TOPIC: FORECASTINGLeagility in Online Mass-Customization Daniel Golenbock, Canh Phan Xuan ZLOG 43

CO2 Reduction in Transportation Planning using Machine Learn-ing

Ade Barkah, Patrick Robert SCM 44

Lean Approach to Increasing Forecast Accuracy Jeff Baker SCM 45

Survival Practices for Micro and Small Firms Heloisa Pinzon, Nicolas Torrealba, Roberto Russo, Daniel Rodriguez

GCLOG 46

Creating a single point of truth for consistent business planning Hassan Abu Ayash, Andra- Mihaela Petrescu LSCM 47

How SME Retailers Practise Supply Chain Management? Sin Guan Koay MSCM 48

Analyzing strategic e-commerce preparedness in a courier, express and parcel (CEP) company using Delphi technique

Usaid bin Othman MSCM 49

TOPIC: MANUFACTURING & PROCUREMENTInternal Supply Chain of Sawmill under Supply and Demand Uncer-tainty

Yi Syuen Lim MSCM 50

Lot Traceability of a Breakthrough Food Science Technology Russ Miller, Hilary Taylor SCM 51

Combinatorial Reverse Auctions in Construction Procurement Salim Al Shaqsi SCM 52

B5:30 - 6:00 & 7:00 - 7:30

Title Author(s) SCALE Center

Location/ Monitor #

TOPIC: HUMANITARIAN & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYThe Power of Small Firms Ximena Castañon SCM 1

The $100 Dollar Question: Finding Quick Wins For Micro Companies Rafaela Nunes, Ramon Paulino SCM 2

Problems and Innovations in Ensuring Local Access to Healthy Food Igor Vilensky, “Neil” Benjamin Sanford ZLOG 3

Improvement of Inventory Performance in Humanitarian Organization Carolina González, Rubchai Chinsuwan, Ignacio Castañeda

ZLOG 4

TOPIC: HEALTHCARESpare Parts Management: Segmentation, Centralization And Stock Policies

José Miguel Martínez, Guadalupe Martínez de Aguirre, Kristence Voll

ZLOG 5

Network Capacity Planning In Pharma Industry Pilar Albar Bello, Bruna Basile, Fernanda Caropresso da Mata

ZLOG 6

Towards The Vision Of Sensing And Interconnecting Pharma Supply Chain

Atziri Hernández MSCM 7

Supply Chain Success Factors for Medical Device Start-ups Sanjay Gupta SCM 8

TOPIC: NETWORK DESIGNHelping Traditional Grocers Compete in Omnichannel Antoine Lahad Abinader, Ryan Alberts SCM 9

Bringing Seaports Closer Mamoun Toukan, Queenie (Hoi Ling) Chan SCM 10

Network Design For Fuel Retailing Fabio Castro, Bonaventure Muhongo SCM 11

Next Generation Network Design Ben Lillijord, Alan Li SCM 12

Marine Network design with Northwest Passage Fernando Rosas, Joshua Lo ZLOG 13

TOPIC: SECURITY & RISKDoes Your Business Really Need A Blockchain? Toufic Hirbli SCM 14

LNG Supply Chain Resilience Adegoke Falaiye, Fu Song Chiam SCM 15

Effects and Mitigation of Disasters in Retail Networks Jorge Garcia Castillo SCM 16

The Digital Supply Chain Nooree Ahuja, Kirsten Burt LSCM 17

TOPIC: DEMAND PLANNINGA New Approach Of Demand Forecasting For Functional Products Apurv Shrivastava, Upagya Kapoor MSCM 18

“The Green Button” Consumer Demand for Green Logistics Mina Saito, Andrew J. Fu SCM 19

The Future of Supply Chain Planning Systems Darryl Yau SCM 20

Managing a Service Supply Chain from Views into Downstream Drivers of Demand

Michael Chee-Awai, Joel Semel SCM 21

TOPIC: LOGISTICSImproving Transparency for European Inbound Supply Chain You Wu, Svetlana Malmygin LSCM 22

Applying Tomorrow SC Innovation Today Lucas Bonetto, Leandro Camporez, Andre Junqueira

GCLOG 23

Exploring Omnichannel Costumer Preferences in Latin America Abril Flores, Federico Alexay, Igor De Andrade GCLOG 24

Building Effective Knowledge Management Practice in Global Supply Chains

Girish Vishnubhotla, Sushant Haritas MSCM 25

Title Author(s) SCALE Center

Location/ Monitor #

TOPIC: INVENTORYEfficient Method to Manage Packaging Materials Wei Sin Ng MSCM 26

CPG Inter-Company Inventory Management After Acquisitions Jorge Moreno Sánchez Briseño, Konstantinos Lalos SCM 27

Knitting a Fast-response Apparel Supply Chain Suharto Chatterjee, Zhafri Aiman Onn MSCM 28

Cotton Mixing for Stock Optimization Jeffrey Mak SCM 29

Optimizing Working Capital Through Inventory Pooling Martin G. Wieser, Aleksandr Krasner ZLOG 30

Optimizing Product Group Segmentation Ye Du, Anushka Budhiraj SCM 31

Process Optimization of a Chemical plant Alejandro Villarroya 3C 32

Automated Store Replenishment Impact On Retail Inventory Management

Panagiotis Oikonomou, Pankaj Arya ZLOG 33

TOPIC: TRANSPORTATIONMaking Shipping Contracts Smarter Harshvardhan Harsh SCM 34

Forecasting Truckload Rates Xiwen Bai SCM 35

Demand Forecasting of the Bike-sharing Service in Beijing Leonhard Fricke, Cheng (Terri) Fu SCM 36

Drones for Last-Mile Delivery Justin Yoon SCM 37

Customer Balancing Acts in Transportation Networks Jerome Schank, Kirsten Greco LSCM 38

Route Plan Deviations in Last-Mile Delivery William Phillips, Yiyao Li SCM 39

Predicting Carrier Load Cancellation Nicolas Favier, Ali Al-Habib SCM 40

Forecasting Short-Term Full Truckload Rates Daniel Calcinaro, Andre Junqueira, Luigi Laporte GCLOG 41

TOPIC: FORECASTINGSegmentation of Medical Items in Humanitarian Supply Chains Brent Turner SCM 42

Global S&OP Assessment, Design and Implementation (for A Lubri-cants Company)

Ming Siang Lee MSCM 43

Harvesting Growth by Sensing Industry Chaos Pavan Kumar Amarvadi Venkata, Juan Carlos Dahbura

MSCM 44

Adoption of SC practices over financial indicators Sebastian Libal, Fernando Perez, Mauricio Garcia GCLOG 45

Enhancing Performance Management with Predictive Analytics - Preparing for the Future

Deepti Kidambi, Minhaaj Khan SCM 46

Commodity Price Predictions using Big Data Georgios Diallas, Geeta Bansal, Rahul Verma LSCM 47

Supply Chain Segmentation in Beverage Industry Harrison Dow, Melissa Treviño, Javier Barros ZLOG 48

TOPIC: MANUFACTURING & PROCUREMENTDigitalization in Manufacturing Supply Chain Paulina Gisbrecht SCM 49

Supply Chain Lead Time Improvement In A Hybrid Mts/Mto Setting Vinod Balakrishnan MSCM 50

3D Printing’s Impacts on Metalworking Industry Sittipat Assavaniwej, Aline Ingberman SCM 51

B5:30 - 6:00 & 7:00 - 7:30

LEARN MORE:

scale.mit.eduLearn more at:scale.mit.edu

Zaragoza Logistics CenterEdificio Náyade 5C/ Bari 55-PLAZA50197 Zaragoza, Spain+34 976-077-600

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-276Cambridge, MA 02139, USA+1 617-253-5320

Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain InnovationNo 4 Persiaran B, Section U8,Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia+03 (5) 544-2641

Center for Latin-American Logistics InnovationAv. El Dorado #92-32 Módulo G5, Piso 5Bogotá, Colombia+57 (1) 425-4727

Luxembourg Centre for LogisticsUniversity of LuxembourgBâtiment Central162a, avenue de la FaïencerieL-1511 Luxembourglcl@uni.lu

Ningbo Supply Chain Innovation Institute462 Wenyuan RoadNingbo, China 0574-83035991