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Interest has been raised by the recent identification of potential savings through collaborative planning in logistics operations. Even though substantial savings can be realized, two key questions exist: (i) how should potential savings be divided among a group of collaborating companies and (ii) among potential collaborating companies, how should collaborating group(s) be formed? These two questions are studied in a specific context: among potential collaborating companies; a subset, de...
In construction projects, availability of required material at right time at the project site is crucial to complete the project on time and within the budget. The construction project could be delayed for several reasons and this may disrupt supplies. In this work we assume that enough supply may not be available on time if the project delayed excessively unless the project manager has special supply contracts with the suppliers. Usually suppliers react in two ways towards change in del...
Background: Fibromyalgia, defined as chronic, wide-spread musculoskeletal pain, affects 4 to 10 million Americans and up to 6% of the world population. Medication nonadherence results in $100 to $300 billion in US health expenditures annually. Previous studies have examined medication adherence in commercial health plans or public health plans, but relatively few have compared both populations. The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of type of insurance on adherence to medicatio...