http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/22225 Student senior projects Search the Channel search http://smartech.gatech.edu/simple-search http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28815 Title: Mail Innovations Facility Expansion Design <br/> <br/>Authors: Brown, Patrick; Corrales, Ricardo; Currier, Kathryn; Eser, Ahmet Emre; Reichardt, Helen; Smith, Jennifer <br/> <br/>Abstract: UPS Mail Innovations provides bulk mailers First-Class mail service for small packages at discounted rates. Customer demand for larger packages requires significant capacity expansion in both facilities and equipment. Our team designed facilities that will allow UPSMI to capture a significant market share estimated at 1.7 billion per year. <br/> <br/>Description: Presented on April 29, 2009 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the Instructional Center, room 205 on the Georgia Tech campus Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28814 Title: Improving Quality Audits for GE Energy Airfoils <br/> <br/>Authors: Chan, Michael; Dowla, Tareq; Lefkovitz, Myles; Manawar, Tanzil; Sun, Lance; Tsang, Chiu Tong <br/> <br/>Abstract: The project improved quality audits at GE Energy Airfoils by using correlation to reduce inspection times, an automated database to provide higher visibility of quality levels, and linear regression to develop more accurate in-process specification tolerances; this has an estimated savings of 830,000 in defect, capital, and purchasing costs. <br/> <br/>Description: Presented on April 29, 2009 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the Instructional Center, room 205 on the Georgia Tech campus Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28813 Title: Cooper Lighting: Sales Forecasting <br/> <br/>Authors: Gegenheimer, Melissa; Hilterbrandt, Tessa; Kohler, Russell; Nelson, Matthew; Robbins, Stephanie; Sheffield, Matthew <br/> <br/>Abstract: In 2008 Cooper Lighting experienced a 28% sales forecasting error in one of their largest brands. The fact that Cooper Lighting has no reliable sales forecasting method has proved to be problematic in various areas of their business. To address this problem, sales forecasting models were developed using internal company data and economic factors. These models were compiled into a user friendly software package. <br/> <br/>Description: Presented on April 29, 2009 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the Instructional Center, room 205 on the Georgia Tech campus Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28812 Title: Creating software to compute the optimal number of newspapers to deliver to each sales outlet <br/> <br/>Authors: Babb, Megan; Baggett, Jonathan W.; Barthelemy, Corey; Dickenson, Katie; Hughes, Amanda; Rogovin, Katie <br/> <br/>Abstract: The purpose of the project is to develop a method to calculate the optimal number of newspapers to deliver to each of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s 7500 sales outlets on each day of the week. The optimization model takes into account sales and advertising revenues, printing costs, recycling revenue, the possibilities of theft and shrinkage, and the distribution of demand, which in turn is estimated from data and takes into account censored data, theft, location, day of the week, price, and other covariates. <br/> <br/>Description: Presented on April 29, 2009 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the Instructional Center, room 205 on the Georgia Tech campus.; First Place Winners in the Spring 2009 Senior Design Competition. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:59 GMT