Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
5-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
Industrial Engineering
Major Professor
Rapinder Sawhney
Committee Members
Xueping Li, Joseph Wilck IV, Bogdan Bichescu
Abstract
Shippers and recipients expect transportation companies to provide more than just the movement of a package between points; certain information must be available to them as well, to enable forecasts and plans within the supply chain.
The transportation companies also need the information flow that undergirds a transportation grid, to support ad-hoc routing and strategic structural re-alignment of business processes.
This research delineates the information needs for an expanding air cargo network, then develops a new model of the information technologies needed to support expansion into a new country. The captured information will be used by shippers, recipients, and the transportation provider to better guide business decisions. This model will provide a method for transportation companies to balance the tradeoffs between the operating efficiencies, capital expenditures, and customer expectations of their IT systems. The output of the model is a list of technologies – optimized by cost – which meet the specific needs of internal and external customers when expanding air cargo networks into a new country.
Recommended Citation
McClain, Grayson C., "Proactive model to determine information technologies supporting expansion of air cargo network. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2014.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2714