2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
This paper highlights major aspects of our endeavor to create a functional innovation environment... more This paper highlights major aspects of our endeavor to create a functional innovation environment at our university linking academia to the local innovation ecosystem.
This paper proposes a Decision Support System (DSS) for Calculating the Economic Production Lot S... more This paper proposes a Decision Support System (DSS) for Calculating the Economic Production Lot Size. The focus is on the analysis of improvement of manufacturing productivity in the packaging industry, specifically in a metal packaging company. Through combining different SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) in the same production order, as opposed to the current single SKU orders production paradigm of, it is possible to increase the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This study identified the most critical OEE products within the company portfolio. One critical OEE was selected from within company’s strategic fitting process for the assessment of all relevant parameters set for the manufacturing process so that no product variant was disregarded. Evaluation of the improvement achieved by the new production paradigm was possible through a DSS tool developed to combine different SKUs in due production order, taking into account real data from customers’ orders. Following the tool development, it was possible to proceed with simulations for various review periods. As this study is an iterative process, the results obtained within each simulation enabled an improved definition for subsequent analysis focusing on the goal set - improving the OEE without increasing stock value. Finally, results were evaluated and the operational and economic benefits of combining different SKUs within the same production order were unequivocal, representing an OEE increase of 20% and a maximum decrease of 367,215€ in stock value.
... A framework for promoting best practice in virtual campuses : initial lessons from the PBP-VC... more ... A framework for promoting best practice in virtual campuses : initial lessons from the PBP-VC Project. Mark Stansfield 2 , Thomas Connolly 2 , Antonio Cartelli 3 , Athanassios Jimoyiannis 4 , Hugo Magalhães 5 , Katherine Maillet 1. (2007). ...
The problem of embedding sensor fault tolerance in the control of neuromuscular blockade of patie... more The problem of embedding sensor fault tolerance in the control of neuromuscular blockade of patients subject to anesthesia for surgery is considered. A hidden Markov model whose state, assumed unavailable for direct observation, is estimated using a nonlinear filtering algorithm (special case of Baum's algorithm), is proposed for detecting the faults. The resulting algorithm is illustrated by simulations with realistic models of neuromuscular blockade.
2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
This paper highlights major aspects of our endeavor to create a functional innovation environment... more This paper highlights major aspects of our endeavor to create a functional innovation environment at our university linking academia to the local innovation ecosystem.
This paper proposes a Decision Support System (DSS) for Calculating the Economic Production Lot S... more This paper proposes a Decision Support System (DSS) for Calculating the Economic Production Lot Size. The focus is on the analysis of improvement of manufacturing productivity in the packaging industry, specifically in a metal packaging company. Through combining different SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) in the same production order, as opposed to the current single SKU orders production paradigm of, it is possible to increase the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This study identified the most critical OEE products within the company portfolio. One critical OEE was selected from within company’s strategic fitting process for the assessment of all relevant parameters set for the manufacturing process so that no product variant was disregarded. Evaluation of the improvement achieved by the new production paradigm was possible through a DSS tool developed to combine different SKUs in due production order, taking into account real data from customers’ orders. Following the tool development, it was possible to proceed with simulations for various review periods. As this study is an iterative process, the results obtained within each simulation enabled an improved definition for subsequent analysis focusing on the goal set - improving the OEE without increasing stock value. Finally, results were evaluated and the operational and economic benefits of combining different SKUs within the same production order were unequivocal, representing an OEE increase of 20% and a maximum decrease of 367,215€ in stock value.
... A framework for promoting best practice in virtual campuses : initial lessons from the PBP-VC... more ... A framework for promoting best practice in virtual campuses : initial lessons from the PBP-VC Project. Mark Stansfield 2 , Thomas Connolly 2 , Antonio Cartelli 3 , Athanassios Jimoyiannis 4 , Hugo Magalhães 5 , Katherine Maillet 1. (2007). ...
The problem of embedding sensor fault tolerance in the control of neuromuscular blockade of patie... more The problem of embedding sensor fault tolerance in the control of neuromuscular blockade of patients subject to anesthesia for surgery is considered. A hidden Markov model whose state, assumed unavailable for direct observation, is estimated using a nonlinear filtering algorithm (special case of Baum's algorithm), is proposed for detecting the faults. The resulting algorithm is illustrated by simulations with realistic models of neuromuscular blockade.
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