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2015
Student Team
- Jingyang Du Masters of Supply Chain Management
- Miguel Saez EGP (MEng in Global Automotive and Manufacturing)
Project Sponsors
- Bob Garnham Supervisor, Vehicle Operations, Industrial Engineering
- Doug Rickert Manager, Vehicle Operations, Industrial Engineering
Faculty Advisors
- Henry Lam, College of Engineering
- James Price, Ross School of Business
The team modeled material handling operations at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant to improve how labor requirements were calculated. Its simulation captured variation in the assembly process and helped identify opportunities to improve material flow and reduce distribution cycle time.
