Category Archives: Application area

Functional area of project application: production, inventory, scheduling, forecasting, etc.

Orange Grove Management

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: Gonzalez Orange Groove Team:  Rafael Alvarez, Sylia Gallegos, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Sky Noyd Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr   Year: 2008 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) For this project we represent both the client and the consultant. This … Continue reading →

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Gulf Freeway Evacuation Model

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: Team: Ava Damri, Calvin Smellage, Al Zinkand Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr  Year: 2009 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) Our team examines the evacuation of six cities in the Gulf Freeway area stretching from Galveston in the south, … Continue reading →

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Scheduling Agency Pick-ups at the North Texas Food Bank

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: North Texas Food Bank Team:  Allison Griffin, Pragya Lohani, Megan Walker Faculty advisor:    Year: 2009 Documents: Report (Final report) Presentation (PPT) The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a non-profit hunger relief organization that distributes donated, purchased, and prepared foods … Continue reading →

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Call Center Scheduling: Federal Reserve Bank

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: US Treasury-Federal Reserve Bank Team:  Morgan Brunz, Brittany McCluskey Faculty advisor: Dr. Siems, Barr Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has a call center that responds to customer requests to change from … Continue reading →

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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Dallas Police Dept.’s First Offender Programs

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: Dallas Police Department Team:  Kyle E. Kidd, Eric B. Lakey, S. Tyler Nau Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr Year: 1995 Documents:   Final report The purpose of this study is to analyze historical data on the Dallas Police Department’s First … Continue reading →

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Convenience Store Staff Scheduling

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: Towers Perrin, TeePee  Convenience Stores Team: Eric Mentz, Greg Meurer Faculty: Dr. Richard Barr      Year: 1995 Documents: Final report Tee Pee is a United-States-based convenience store chain (renamed for confidentiality reasons) consisting of approximately 4000 stores. Tee Pee is … Continue reading →

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NASA Production Center Process Improvements

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: National Aeronautics and Space  Administration Team:  Chris Genda, Loan Ngoyen, Valerie Vlahos, John Williams Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 1997 Documents:    Final presentation The present operations procedures used by the NASA Manufacturing Di­vision has room for improvement in … Continue reading →

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Raytheon Software Procurement Model

Posted on May 23, 2009 by admin

Client: Raytheon Corp. Team:  Ellen Cieszkiewicz, Chuck Haley, Heather Schofield Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 2008 Documents:   Final report, final presentation Raytheon supplies its customers, mainly the government, with programs they utilize for important projects.  It is Raytheon’s job … Continue reading →

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Post-Game Campus Evacuation Simulation

Posted on May 12, 2009 by admin

Client: SMU Parking Department Team: Conner Huckaby, Katelyn Pratt, Sarah Rives Faculty: Prof. Richard Barr      Year: 2007 Documents: final report, final presentation SMU will finish the construction of the Binkley parking garage in the summer of 2008.  This new facility … Continue reading →

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