Industry/University Cooperative Research:                   Strategic Analysis of Integrated Production-Distribution    Systems - Model and Methods
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The research goal of this effort is to develop a comprehensive model            for the strategic analysis of materials management within large-scale           production/distribution systems.  Such systems encompass the                    procurement of raw materials and intermediate products, the processing          of these inputs to produce outputs, and the distribution of the                 finished product through a distribution network.  The emphasis of this          work is on formulation of models and algorithms which can be sued to            predict the performance of a firm with respect to the cost of products,         the lvel of services provided to the firm's customers, and the                  responsiveness and flixibility of the production/distribution system.           This project will focus on the interactions between production and              distribution operations in various industrial settings.
{'FirstName': 'Morris', 'LastName': 'Cohen', 'EmailAddress': 'cohen@wharton.upenn.edu', 'StartDate': '09/15/1986', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'University of Pennsylvania', 'CityName': 'Philadelphia', 'ZipCode': '191046205', 'PhoneNumber': '2158987293', 'StreetAddress': 'Research Services', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Pennsylvania', 'StateCode': 'PA'}
{'Code': '1468', 'Text': 'Manufacturing Machines & Equip'}
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