The full text of this thesis/dissertation is not available online. Please <a href="mailto:upetd@up.ac.za">contact us</a> if you need access Economic and productive utilization of natural resources are central to fundamental Industrial Engineering science, whereas capitalistic corporate strategy is aimed at growth of shareholders...

In this thesis the candidate explores the apparent gaps between strategy development and strategy implementation (the strategy alignment question), and between business end-user needs and the suppliers of information technology (IT) related products and services. With business intelligence (BI)...

Over the last few years, there has been tremendous growth in the diversity of products and services offered to customers across all industries. With this increased choice of products and services, the bargaining power of buyers is rising. The products and services offered by the different...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2010. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Advisor: Caroline Hayes. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 140 pages, appendices 1-3.

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2010. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Advisor: William L. Cooper. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 117 pages.

We consider a continuous time dynamic pricing model where a seller needs to sell a single item over a finitetime horizon. Customers arrive in accordance with a Poisson process. Upon arrival, a customer either purchasesthe item if the posted price is lower than his/her reservation price, or...

In this dissertation, I study two topics in the context of revenue management. The ¯rst topicinvolves building a mathematical model to analyze the competition between many retailerswho can change the price of their respective products in real time. I develop a game-theoreticmodel for the...

The purpose of a cost model is to provide designers and decision-makers with accurate cost information to assess and compare multiple alternatives for obtaining the optimal solution and controlling cost. The cost models developed in the design phases are the most important and the most difficult...

A System Dynamics Approach Linking Employee Health, Quality Culture and Organizational EffectivenessRina SadiaAbstractThe purpose of this research is to investigate the interactions between organizational effectiveness, quality culture, and employee health. The system dynamics modeling approach...

The less-than-truckload (LTL) industry is highly competitive, with recent average profit margins less than 3%. LTL shipments are routed through a network of service centers and hubs. The performance of the entire LTL distribution network is highly dependent on the speed and accuracy of the hub...