by devinl
8. February 2012 14:57
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Posted by Devin Liskey
Senior, Industrial and Systems Engineering
This quarter I am taking the first half of a two-quarter senior capstone project course. I was sorted and assigned into a three person group (including myself). The three of us are working with Bellisio Foods in Jackson Ohio. Bellisio makes microwaveable dinners and snacks such as Michelina's pasta dinners and Tony’s pizzas.
My team is working with the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations Manager to optimize their warehouse. The first thing they want us to do is to find the order frequency and fail rate of each part in storage. From that we will determine the economic order quantity for each part. Once we have a better idea of what they have, how much they use it, and how often it needs to be ordered, the second part of our project is to design a new layout in their storage facility and a system of part vending machines throughout the facility. Under the current system workers must leave the line and go to the storage room for parts. With the new vending machine system, the workers will have to travel a shorter distance. And since the machines will be hooked up to the warehouse servers, the machines will keep track of each part in storage and automatically reorder when the stock is low.
While the size of the project was initially intimidating, we have been able to continually measure and get a better understanding of the current situation and how to implement the change. I’ve been waiting for this project for a long time and I’m happy to be working on it now that it’s here.
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