Research Tool

Development of tools and algorithms to automate current production planning approaches at BioMarin, and to optimize the parameters of those approaches.

The objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive selective maintenance model that considers multiple systems and allows for the planning horizon to expand and to incorporate important concepts such as component aging, imperfect maintenance, cannibalization and workforce shaping into the new selective maintenance models

Sponsor: National Science Foundation Research Team: Sunderesh Heragu Universities Involved: University of Louisville Start Date: 08/01/08 End Date: 07/31/09 Summary: Two new key technologies are becoming increasingly implemented in many manufacturing and distribution companies. Although the first technology, radio frequency identification (RFID), is based on principles that have been applied […]