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An Optimization model for multi-objective vehicle routing problem for perishable goods distribution

Fernando M [Thesis-Abstract]

Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a well-studied area of operations research that has resulted in significant cost savings in global transportation. The primary goal of the VRP is to find the best route plan that minimizes ...
Retail sales forecasting in the presence of promotions : comparison of statistical and machine learning forecasting methods

Chamara HHHR [Thesis-Abstract]

Retail sales forecasting is the process of estimating the number of future sales for a specific product or products. However, producing reliable and accurate sales forecasts at a product level is a very challenging task ...
Optimization applications in seaport container terminal operations and fuzzy logic-based inter terminal trucking

Weerasinghe BCA [Thesis-Abstract]

Operations research techniques have helped optimize container terminal operations over the past decades and have been a regular feature of maritime logistics and maritime supply chain literature in addition to being in ...
Transport infrastructure project planning process and capital deployment efficacy implications : evidence from Sri Lanka

Abeysekara GMBP [Thesis-Abstract]

Public sector investments contribute to economic growth and enhance the productivity of a country. According to the Central Bank annual report 2020, the Government of Sri Lanka spends around 30% of total annual expenditure ...
Determinants of outsourcing warehouse operations in Sri Lankan ceramic industry :

De Silva S [Thesis-Abstract]

The company selected for the case study King Ceramics is the dominant market leader in Sri Lankan tile industry with the expanding their business to 16 various countries worldwide. Having an efficient distribution network ...
Barriers to the business functioning of the domestic courier industry in Sri Lanka

Ismadeen MZ [Thesis-Abstract]

A supply chain interconnects the global and local partners, suppliers, organizations in strategic level. Knowledge of supply chain management is becoming wisdom in future trends, forecasting, and providing the competitive ...
Assessing enterprise resource plan (ERP) requirements at a small and medium scale construction organization: a case study

Chathuranga MKNR [Thesis-Abstract]

The manufacturing industry gave birth to enterprise resource planning. It offers a typical in work environment for a company to take part its main corporate administration operations with a unique central database, allowing ...
Realistic business continuity plan (BCP) for procurement in the food & beverage (F&B) sector

Kularatna MADIC [Thesis-Abstract]

A documented Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a necessity in the competitive business environment today as everyone is running on a race to achieve their goals and targets. Considering the risk mitigation, some are already ...
A comprehensive evaluation process for transport projects

Weerawardana WJ [Thesis-Abstract]

demand imposing immense pressure on many governments primarily due to scarcity of the public resources required to implement them. This particular context demands the governments and other related agencies to allocate ...
Developing online sales channels for emerging small and medium enterprises

Nawaratne NDCS [Thesis-Abstract]

The worldwide total retail sales hit $23.4 trillion in 2020 of which 18.5 trillion are in traditional physical store sales and four trillion are in E-commerce related sales. With the twentieth century closing we have seen ...
A Study on cash supply chain management in banking sector, Sri Lanka

Manjula JLP [Thesis-Abstract]

In contrast to the global situation, Sri Lankan cash supply chain does not use SCM applications significantly. In general, currency moves through the supply chain in a very similar way as of the retail product flow. Being ...
Investigation of causes for increased greenhouse gas emissions from the logistics vehicle fleet of Sri Lanka army

Thilakarathna NGJP [Thesis-Abstract]

Being the largest service organization in the country, the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) is not only responsible to ensure the internal or external threats to the national security of Sri Lanka, but also to ensure the environmental ...
Influential factors for location decisions of international business ventures for logistics hub operations : the case study of Sri Lanka

De Alwis D [Thesis-Abstract]

ABSTRACT Sri Lanka is strategically located in the middle of the East-West main shipping lane has the right location to operate as a Regional Logistics Hub. Due to the location advantage, ever since in the history, country ...
An exploratory analysis on identifying the influential factors of using digitalization techniques to achieve a higher supply chain efficiency by Sri Lankan apparel industry

Perera BDP [Thesis-Abstract]

The use of digitalization techniques has revolutionized the way of operating for many businesses today. It has become quite crucial for modern-day apparel manufacturers to use these techniques to cater to the highly ...
Reducing the process time of customs clearance of full container load (FCL) at the Colombo harbour using a multi-modal transportation system

Wijesinghe KS [Thesis-Abstract]

The container traffic in Colombo Sea port and suburbs is a major issue for Sri Lanka Customs in their process of releasing cargo with a minimum time frame. The research is mainly focused on how to reduce the container ...
Factors affecting the efficiency of warehouse picking operation in retail industry

Peiris KWC [Thesis-Abstract]

Covid-19 pandemic has changed people’s buying behavior and most of retail supermarkets are in a great challenge of fulfilling customer requirements due to “Panic buying” behavior. Since the current trend has become an ...
The study of determining the factors affecting the truck turnaround time in a container terminal

Jayasekara MPACD [Thesis-Abstract]

Maritime transportation has become the most popular cargo transportation mode over a long period of time. It has evolved, today, up to container transportation where it has geared up the platform to container terminal ...
Effects of multiple adjustments in supply chain forecasting on forecast accuracy

Aruchunarasa B [Thesis-Abstract]

Behavioral supply chain management is a subdiscipline within behavioral operations management that is growing rapidly. Judgmental adjustments of forecasts are considered part of this domain given the salience of forecasts ...
A model to estimate CO₂ emissions from air traffic movement in airports

Dissanayaka DMMS [Thesis-Abstract]

The importance of airport emission inventory is more specific in the local context as it directly affects the local air quality. The assessment of emission from different phases of flight separately has not received ...
Improving efficiency of a warehouse :

Wimalarathna BCT [Thesis-Abstract]

Warehouse operation and management is a critical part in manufacturing and service industry. This research anlysis the strategies for improving the warehouse efficiency in leading tile manufacturing organization (RPL) in ...

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