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The Ship of Change: A Model for Organizational Diagnosis and Change Management
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Grounded in developmental theory, the Ship of Change provides a renewed look at diagnostic relationships between organizational elements, and their interactions through the lens of a metaphorical ship analogy. Elements are ...
Pavement Performance Evaluation Using Connected Vehicles
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Roads deteriorate at different rates from weathering and use. Hence, transportation agencies must assess the ride quality of a facility regularly to determine its maintenance needs. Existing models to characterize ride ...
Structural Changes in North American Fertilizer Logistics
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Nitrogen-based fertilizer industry in United States is undergoing major changes the demand for which is primarily driven by agriculture. Traditionally, this industry sources anhydrous ammonia through imports from Canada ...
Building a Predictive Model on State of Good Repair by Machine Learning Algorithm on Public Transportation Rolling Stock
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Achieving and maintaining public transportation rolling stocks in a state of good repair is very crucial to provide safe and reliable services to riders. Besides, transit agencies who seek federal grants must keep their ...
Essays on Biomass Supply Chain Network Design
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
This dissertation is about the biomass supply chain network design considering the incentives as a financial support for entities in the supply chain such as the growers (farm) and biorefinery (plant) to produce energy ...
Modeling Petroleum Supply Chain: Multimodal Transportation, Disruptions and Mitigation Strategies
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The petroleum industry has one of the most complex supply chains in the world. A unique characteristic of Petroleum Supply Chain (PSC) is the high degree of uncertainty which propagates through the network. Therefore, it ...
Analyzing Supply Chain Networks for Blood Products
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The blood supply chain, starting from the donor until the blood is used to meet transfusion demands of patients, is a multi-echelon and complex system. The perishable and lifesaving characteristics of blood products, such ...
Economic Modeling of Agricultural Production in North Dakota Using Transportation Analysis and Forecasting
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Agricultural industry is crucial for the economy; agricultural transportation is an integrated part of that industry. Optimization of the transportation and logistics costs is an important part of the transportation ...
An Investigation of the Impact of Social Media Platforms on Supply Chain Performance through Competitive Intelligence using AHP Model
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
This study investigates the use of social media platforms (SMPs) for acquiring supply chain intelligence (SCI) to improve supply chain performance. Given the growth of social media use, there is an urgency for increased ...
Dynamics of Deprivation Cost in Last Mile Distribution The Integrated Resource Allocation and Vehicle Routing Problem
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
One of the most critical tasks after a natural disaster is to organize and execute
humanitarian relief operations effectively and efficiently while reaching an equitable
outcome. However, due to limited resources in the ...