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Developing Input to “Best-Value” Vehicle Procurement Practice: An Analysis of Supplier Evaluation and Selection in the U.S. Public Transportation Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Collectively, US public transportation systems operated 137,047 vehicles per peak
period in 2008 (American Public Transportation Association 2010). Buses accounted for
the largest segment among these vehicles, and the ...
Improving the Methodology to Estimate Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore Operational Throughput and Duration
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) is the method the United States (US) Army and Navy use to discharge cargo from large seafaring vessels onto a bare beach when an enemy force has denied access to a deep-water port or ...
The Impact of Automated Requisitioning Systems on the Effectiveness of Emergency Supply Chains
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This research examines the relevance of an automated requisitioning system on an emergency supply chain's performance. In this context, "automated requisitioning" refers to the ability to transmit requisitions through an ...
Innovative Approach to Estimating Demand for Intercity Bus Services in a Rural Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Because existing models have their limitations, there is a significant need for a model to estimate demand for intercity bus services, especially in rural areas. The general objective of this research was to develop an ...
Game Theory Approach to the Vertical Relationships for U.S. Containerized Imports
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Multi-player interactions and vertical relationships in the U.S. containerized-import shipment market are investigated using game theory approaches. Bi-level programming problems (BLPP) are built to capture the hierarchy ...
Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Determinant Factors: A Quantitative Study on Small and Medium Enterprises Using Structural Equation Modeling
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Considering the prominence of green supply chain management (GrSCM) research has developed expressively in this field. However, there is a dearth of studies from emerging economies comprised of modelling and empirical ...
Three Essays on Waterborne Transportation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This dissertation introduces three different topics on waterborne transportation. River transportation is a very important alternative for freight shipments in some countries. A significant portion of United States ...
Organizing Transit in Small Urban and Rural Communities
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The justification of government support of rural transit on the basis of the presence of increasing returns to scale and the most efficient regional organization of transit is investigated. Returns to density, size, and ...
Risk Assessment in the Upstream Crude Oil Supply Chain: Leveraging Analytic Hierarchy Process
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
For an organization to be successful, an effective strategy is required, and if
implemented appropriately the strategy will result in a sustainable competitive advantage.
The importance of decision making in the oil ...