Research

This project models and analyzes a cellar tank pipe network and works to determine the optimal routing path.

This project conducted a survey that aimed at identifying how the different companies in an area manage their logistics, as well as, to identify best practices and areas for improvement.

The objective of this project is to enhance the procurement accuracy for miscellaneous small parts in an MRO system

This project analyzes a current process, researches an optimal solution algorism, and develops operations to improve optimization.

Sponsor: National Science Foundation Research Team: Timothy Matis Universities Involved: Texas Tech University Start Date: 01/01/08 End Date: 12/31/08 Summary: Presently, a large percentage of cotton that is produced in this region is ginned and then shipped to Fort Worth, Texas where it is warehoused prior to shipping, often in […]

Sponsor: National Science Foundation Research Team: Timothy Matis Universities Involved: Texas Tech University Start Date: 01/01/08 End Date: 12/31/08 Summary: A MANET is a multihop wireless network in which mobile nodes communicate without the support of existing infrastructure. In this network, each node has the capability of being a source, […]

This project studies the impact of shiftwork on a process

This project analysis the effects in a process when implementing a regular container service in a specific port.

Use o Linear Programming to minimize the cost of a process meeting the constraints of this process.

This project's objective is to improve Item File Accuracy and the ability to make decisions based on these files, as well as having a process that is user friendly in reviewing the data.

This project develops an optimization model to minimize the cost of a process including its respective constraints.

This project is on the scheduling of employees of a specific department using a decision support system (DSS) and an optimization tool software for workforce planning.

This project develops a training system for safety for a process

Sponsor: Red River Army Depot Research Team: Earnest W. Fant Universities Involved: University of Arkansas Start Date: 03/01/06 End Date: 02/28/07 Summary: Identify process improvement by increasing productivity with the introduction of robotics in an automotive repair and component manufacturing environment. The approach follows a logical sequence of steps that […]

This project identifies delays in a process and develops a method to ultimatley improve routing and scheduling

Sponsor: Queensland Department of Mines and Energy Research Team: Scott Shappell Universities Involved: Clemson University Start Date: 03/01/08 End Date: 02/28/09 Summary: To date, little research has been done on the causes of human error in mining. With the inherent risks associated with mining, preventing errors before they occur will […]

This project reduces a massive data-set to a manageable size without significant loss of information through a graph-based data mining approach.

This project creates a representative cost model that can be used in later work to explore the cost feasibility of a process.

Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration (Aerospace) Research Team: Scott Shappell, Jaclyn Baron, Michael Sawyer, Paris F. Stringfellow, Rebecca Iden, Katie Berry, Carlos Oliveira Universities Involved: Clemson University Start Date: 02/01/07 End Date: 02/01/08 Summary: The commercial space industry will operate in a 24-hour, 7-day per week environment. As such, it is […]

The overall goal of the study was to assist in defining and assessing workplace competencies related to the field of logistics. With such an assessment, management should be capable of designing specific employee development plans and organization-wide programs to raise the level of logistics competency and performance in the organization.

Sponsor: Celdi IAB Research Team: Timothy Matis Universities Involved: Texas Tech University Start Date: 05/01/11 End Date: 12/31/12 Summary:

Thisproject investigates relationships among demand management, collaboratives forecasting, and demands planning to improve the supply chain's ability to match demand with supply.

This project project focuses on the development of optimization-based approaches to increase efficiencies in the sign distribution network of the Missouri Department of Transportation through comprehensive examination of warehouse and delivery locations, inventory volumes, and transportation logistics.

The objective of this project is to analyze a region to determine the optimal geographical location for implementing a redistribution center

This prject designs a user friendly Storage Load Building Tool to be used to configure the storage for a desired set of pallets