Category Archives: Scheduling

Film Shoot Scheduling with Constraint Programming

Posted on October 7, 2009 by msiems

Client: Team: Jay Mandyam Faculty advisor:  Dr. Barr  Year: 2008 Documents: Final report (PDF) In Hollywood, the Assistant Director is in charge of creating the shooting schedule and the Unit Production Manager has the task of making sure that each and … 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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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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