|
Home
| Subject Search
| Help
| Symbols Help
| Pre-Reg Help
| Final Exam Schedule
| My Selections
|
Searched for: 1 subject found.
11.263[J] Urban Last-Mile Logistics
(
); first half of term
(Same subject as 1.263[J], SCM.293[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 2-0-4
https://scm.mit.edu/classes/scm-293
Ends Mar 20. Lecture: TR2.30-4 (E51-335)
Explores specific challenges of urban last-mile B2C and B2B distribution in both industrialized and emerging economies. Develops an in-depth understanding of the perspectives, roles, and decisions of all relevant stakeholder groups, from consumers, to private sector decision makers, to public policy makers. Discussion of the most relevant traditional and the most promising innovating operating models for urban last-mile distribution. Introduces applications of the essential quantitative methods for the strategic design and tactical planning of urban last-mile distribution systems, including optimization and simulation. Covers basic facility location problems, network design problems, single- and multi-echelon vehicle routing problems, as well as associated approximation techniques.
M. Winkenbach
No textbook information available
| ||||||||
