Research Tool

Daily deliveries from the regional distribution center (RDC) network exhibit variation that makes it difficult to effectively schedule labor (minimize over/understaffing). Therefore we were motivated to consider changing the trailer release and delivery process and/or forecasting method that informs scheduling. These considerations also helped us to appreciate tradeoffs between store service and transportation cost.

This project attempts to develop a working tool to optimize the type of equipment meant for a specific process

The objective of this project is to increase asset utilization and efficiency, optimize assignment to jobs, develop an optimization model to model backup requirements for equipment failures, and robust assignments to jobs.