{"659440":{"#nid":"659440","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Jana Boerger. ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Title: \u003C\/strong\u003EDynamic Prescriptive Analytics for Logistics Service Providers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate and Time:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Friday, July 29th, 2022, at 10 am (EDT)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeeting Location:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/6598438705\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/6598438705\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Benoit Montreuil, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech (Advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. He Wang, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech (Co-Advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Siva Theja Maguluri, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mathieu Dahan, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jennifer Pazour, School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the strong growth in e-commerce and distribution volume comes a demand for more efficient logistics infrastructure to support the development. Third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) are facing increased demands for their services. This thesis focuses on the application of analytics-based approaches to improve 3PL\u0026rsquo;s capacity management, and the efficiency of warehouse processes such as picking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In chapter 2, we introduce a decision-making framework for 3PLs to dynamically manage its assets. We address the three layers of analytics: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics and show how a 3PL can use these to transform into a proactive hyperconnected logistics player.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In chapter 3, we introduce the demand and capacity management problem that cold-chain logistics player face when operating temperature-controlled warehouses. At each time step, the 3PL decides whether to change the temperature of their storing rooms (capacity management) and whether to accept or reject an incoming customer request (demand management) for temperature controlled space. We show that optimal solutions are not feasible and introduce data-driven rollout-based algorithms that outperform greedy heuristics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn chapter 4, we discuss the development of a simulation model that allows a deeper understanding of the trade-off between order consolidation and timely order fulfillment in multi-order picking systems in warehouses. We develop a domain informed, regret-based threshold policy that addresses the trade-off and compare its performance to greedy heuristics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Dynamic Prescriptive Analytics for Logistics Service Providers"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2022-07-15 23:37:49","changed_gmt":"2022-07-15 23:37:49","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-07-29T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-07-29T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-07-29T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-07-29 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-07-29 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-07-29 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}