Current Projects
Global Supply Chain Visibility and Procurement, Case New Holland
Developed multi criteria models to optimize the bid allocation process for air and ocean container movements for CNH supply chain. Used predictive tools to foresee potential disruptions to movements and business analytics to provide automated solutions to the disruptions.
Global Engineering Leadership Program in Health Care Coordination
The objective of the project is to create a global engineering leadership program (GELP) focused on systems engineering approaches to health care coordination. This project is targeted at the GELP category of “faculty-led trips for students to participate in significant and relevant projects abroad.” Undergraduate and graduate students will be advised and supported by a team of faculty and healthcare practitioners from the participating institutions. This international collaboration will bring value to both students and faculty through the shared development of educational opportunities and research agendas. It will also provide a springboard for federal proposals to support applied research and education in healthcare systems engineering in order to further develop and sustain the effort beyond the seed-funding period.
Sponsor: Global Engineering Leadership Program (GELP), PSU College of Engineering
In Collaboration with Penn State Center for Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems
Completed Projects
Feasibility Study on the Use of Liquefied Natural Gas as an Alternative Fuel along the Pennsylvania Turnpike Highway System
This study provides detailed information on the use of LNG as an alternative fuel for the commercial trucking industry along the Turnpike highway system., including a mathematical model that shows the optimal locations, specific site considerations, and costs for construction of fueling stations at the site of existing service plazas; technical and economic information on LNG engines; and numerous other issues such as safety and benchmarking with other states.
Sponsor: Pennsyvania Turnpike Commission
In Collaboration with Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute and Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Footprint Optimization, Kimberly-Clark Latin American Operations (KC-LAO)
The objective of the project was to develop methods for designing a resilient and responsive supply chain so that the regional manufacturing and distribution footprint for KC-LAO can be redesigned. A multiple criteria mixed integer linear programming model was developed for global supply chain optimization with location/allocation, inventory and distribution network variables. The results provided production, distribution and sales levels to maximize profits.
Supplier Selection and Inventory Management in Multi-Stage Production-Distribution Systems
In the first phase, a multi-period single-product inventory lot-sizing model for a serial supply chain problem is developed, where raw materials are purchased from multiple suppliers at the first stage and external demand occurs at the last stage. The purpose of this model is to determine the optimal inventory policy that coordinates the transfer of materials between consecutive stages of the supply chain from period to period while properly placing purchasing orders to selected suppliers and satisfying customer demand on time.
In the second phase, a mixed integer linear program version of the original single-product model is extended to the multi-product case, where more than one type of raw material may be required for each product. This model provides the appropriate flexibility for practical implementation in real production/distribution systems.
Sponsor: Harold and Inge Marcus Funds
In Collaboration with Boaz Golany, Technion