Category Archives: Documentation

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Achieve Healthcare Technologies

Posted on October 5, 2009 by msiems

Client: Achieve Healthcare Technologies Team:  Kristin March, Laura Bailey, Rachel Potter, Allison Bass Faculty advisor: Barr   Year: 2006 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) Achieve Healthcare Technologies is the largest privately held provider of information system products and services to … Continue reading →

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Alcon Labs: Project Chiron

Posted on October 5, 2009 by msiems

Client: Alcon Inc. Team:  C. Davis, C. Ngo, D. Nguyen, S. Ramdhanny, B. Long Faculty advisor: Barr   Year: 2004 Documents: Final report (PDF), final presentation (PPT) Alcon, Inc. has successfully progressed into a research-and-development-driven, global pharmaceutical company focused on eye care. … Continue reading →

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EMIS Food Bank Project Featured on WFAA-TV

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

The North Texas Food Bank project is featured on WFAA-TV, Channel 8:

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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 →

Posted in Campus, Defense, Final report, Government, Optimization, Presentation, Texas, Traffic management, Transportation | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Dallas-Ft. Worth Area, Data envelopment analysis (DEA), Final report, Government, Operations, Statistical Methods | Leave a comment

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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MCI Private Network Model Design: Digital DS-3 Cross Connects

Posted on June 5, 2009 by anny

Client: MCI Communications Corp. Team:  Mona Abou-Sayed, Charlene Edwards, Scott Singleton Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 1995 Documents:   Final report This project involved developing an optimized  telecommunications-network design for a client of MCI Communications Corp. Requirements included determining the … Continue reading →

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