{"653204":{"#nid":"653204","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Shannon Buckley","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis title\u003C\/strong\u003E: Hyperconnected Parcel Logistics Hubs\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Benoit Montreuil, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee members\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Leon McGinnis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Alan Erera, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Alejandro Toriello, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jeffrey Smith, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University\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: Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 1:00 PM (EST)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation: \u003C\/strong\u003EGroseclose 226A\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis thesis focuses on the design of a new era of hub in the parcel logistics industry.\u0026nbsp; Parcel logistics hubs (hubs) are the connective tissue in parcel logistics networks, sorting and transferring parcels from one vehicle to another as quickly as possible.\u0026nbsp; However, as the demand for eCommerce surges, customer expectations for delivery speed rise and as the COVID pandemic creates disruptions throughout supply chains, new solutions are needed to ease the strain on the system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent parcel logistics hubs are massive facilities filled to the brim with miles of fixed conveyor systems and expensive sorting machines.\u0026nbsp; These hubs were built to handle large volumes of parcels at extremely fast speeds.\u0026nbsp; However, with their fixed resources, they must have all operations finely scheduled and are not able to respond dynamically to disruptions such as an unexpected wave of parcels, resulting in backlogs and unhappy customers.\u0026nbsp; In this thesis we help the transition away from this old, outdated hub design towards, dynamic, flexible hyperconnected parcel logistics hubs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Chapter 2 we introduce a method for dynamically updating forecasts of the demand that hubs will face in the near future.\u0026nbsp; 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