Browsing Faculty Publications (Bibliographic) by Subject "Logistics"
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AGV or Lift-AGV? Performance trade-offs and design insights for container terminals with robotized transport vehicle technology
(IISE Transactions, 2020-08-13)New container terminals are embracing robotized transport vehicles such as lift-automated guided vehicles (LAGVs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to enhance the terminal throughput capacity. Although LAGVs have a high ... -
End User Computing in Shipping
(2010-08-10)This note summarizes the features of the following end user computing packages: 1. Spreadsheet Packages, 2. Data Management Packages, 3. Project Management Packages, 4. Presentation Software, 5. Computer-Aided Design, and ... -
Enercon India: Project Planning
(2010-08-26)Prithwiraj Rathore had just finished his tea in the morning when his cellphone rang. As the team leader of erection and commissioning activities at the Nawapur site of Enercon, Prithwiraj was habituated to getting calls ... -
Enercon India: Project planning
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Free Drug Distribution System in Bihar
(2010-09-06)Government is the largest provider of health services in Bihar, but it has a long history of non-performance. With the change of government, the state decided to provide medicines free of cost for most common ailments to ... -
Ghaziabad Goods Shed: Strategies for Improved Servicing of the Customer case Analysis and Reflections (Color Case)
(2010-09-08)The Ghaziabad (GZB) goods shed was one of the top rail goods handling points in the National Capital Region (NCR). The growth was expected to be robust in the forthcoming years, since GZB and Noida were high growth districts ... -
Indian Railways’ Strategic Vision to Serve Ports: A Case of Gandhidham Area
(2010-08-30)This case attempts to explore the opportunities available for the Indian Railways to be a major logistics and infrastructure provider for handling the port-based traffic of Gandhidham Area. This case focuses on two of the ... -
Integrated storage-order picking systems: technology, performance models, and design insights
(Elsevier, 2018-11)In many warehouses shuttle-based technologies have replaced the traditional AS/R system based storage technologies. The impact these systems have on downstream order picking performance is largely unknown. To study the ... -
Karnataka Engineering Company
(2010-07-30)This is a case about the primary decisions that were needed to be made in the nationwide distribution of scooters and mopeds manufactured at a plant in Karnataka. The manufacturer had to decide the states in which branches ... -
Madura Accessories
(2010-08-13)Madura Accessories (MA), a division of Coats Viyella India Limited, was in the tailoring accessories business. MA had sales of Rs 75 crore with a profit before interest and tax of Rs 9 crore. MA supplies interlinings, zips, ... -
Managing Container Traffic in Asia Pacific International Seaport
(2010-08-13)This case brings out the logistics planning for managing container traffic in seaports. Such a logistics planning involves the assignment of port (PORT) resources (such as quay cranes, yard cranes, prima movers, etc) to ... -
Neons Fashion LLP (A): A Small Seller on Amazon Marketplace
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-10-07)Neons Fashion LLP was an entrepreneurial venture of Arthi Ramalingam after completion of her MBA. Arthi had an interest in jewellery since childhood and she decided to focus on design, manufacturing and retailing of fashion ... -
Neons Fashion LLP (B): The Setbacks
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-10-07)Neons Fashion LLP was an entrepreneurial venture of Arthi Ramalingam after completion of her MBA. Arthi had an interest in jewellery since childhood and she decided to focus on design, manufacturing and retailing of fashion ... -
Queuing models to analyze dwell-point and cross-aisle location in autonomous vehicle-based warehouse systems
(Elsevier, 2015)Technological innovations in warehouse automation systems, such as Autonomous Vehicle based Storage and Retrieval System (AVS/RS), are geared towards achieving greater operational efficiency and flexibility that would be ... -
Queuing models to analyze dwell-point and cross-aisle location in autonomous vehicle-based warehouse systems
(European Journal of Operational Research, 2015)Technological innovations in warehouse automation systems, such as Autonomous Vehicle based Storage and Retrieval System (AVS/RS), are geared towards achieving greater operational efficiency and flexibility that would be ... -
Rivigo
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-08-29)Rivigo, a new entrant in the trucking business in India, believed that a new paradigm in the trucking/logistics industry could be brought about that would not only improve the quality of service dramatically, but also ... -
Seth Dhaniram – C&FA
(2010-08-26)The case ventures to explore the typical distribution channel in the Indian market. The case revolves around his company, Logistics Solutions, a 100-year-old trading and distribution firm, which provides carrying and ... -
Stochastic modeling of parallel process flows in intra-logistics systems: applications in container terminals and compact storage systems
(European Journal of Operational Research, 2020-08-08)Many intra-logistics systems, such as automated container terminals, distribution warehouses, and cross-docks, observe parallel process flows, which involve simultaneous (parallel) operations of independent resources while ...