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The Applied Business Analytics Casebook: Applications in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, and Operations Research
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The Applied Business Analytics Casebook: Applications in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, and Operations Research

by Matthew Drake
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
4h 2m
English
Pearson
Content preview from The Applied Business Analytics Casebook: Applications in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, and Operations Research

Case 7. Network Design at Commonwealth Pipeline Company

Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University

Introduction

Commonwealth Pipeline Company is a major pipeline transportation provider in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwestern United States. The commodities the company hauls most often are refined petroleum products as well as propane, butane, refinery feedstocks, and blending components. Commonwealth operates as a common carrier in accordance with published rates and rules tariffs. Commonwealth also provides its customers with bulk storage services at many terminals throughout its service region.

Pipeline Network Repair and Replacement

As the company was founded more than 100 years ago, many of its underground pipes are in need of repair ...

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