Serving the New Housing Producers

A research on the role of the architect within projects developed through Collective Private Commission (Collectief Particulier Opdrachtgeverschap) in the Netherlands. Input from participants, which is obtained through a workshop and interviews, is used for the design of a dwelling block. This design then forms a hypothesis of what is possible...

Decision-making based on measurements of behavioural safety - An explorative study into using Situation Awareness measurements for a specific problem as input to system-level decisions.

ProRail is trying to increase the capacity of the rail infrastructure since the need for capacity is still growing. One of the ways to do this is by implementing DDDR (Dynamic double non-interrupted braking), which is part of the DSSU project. By implementing DDDR the expectations of the status of the signs of the train drivers might change....

Building a better Cittaslow: Bringing the Slow City to its Inhabitants

This master thesis takes a look at the Slow City applications in Turkey - a top-down international certification organization based on sustainable development for towns, and how to bring it down to the level of their locals, making the concept socially more sustainable (as opposed to depending on the policies of the administration). The thesis...

Reusing Non-Wearable Textiles in Disaster Areas

This thesis describes a design project of a shelter solution for disaster relief in cold climates with non-wearable textiles. KICI foundation is searching for applications to reuse old clothes which are not wearable. In a collaboration with the Dutch Red Cross, they want to find an application for textiles in the context of disaster relief. Post...

Policy analysis for the Dutch rail sector using System Dynamics

With a sizeable expected growth of demand for rail transport in the Netherlands the coming decades, and limited resources for expansion of the rail network, intensified utilization of the infrastructure is to be expected. To adequately manage this growth a ppropriate tools for policy analysis are needed. Because of the unstructuredness of many...

On Track in Reducing Uncertainties: Exploration of the Value of the HAZOP Methodology as a Tool for Decision Makers at ProRail involved in Multi-Actor Decision Making

ProRail is the railway management company of the Netherlands. It is responsible for the construction, maintenance, management, and safety of the Dutch railway system. ProRail has as a goal an annual five per cent increase in the number of transported passengers up to 2020. This goal cannot be reached with the current way of transporting...

Strategic Design for Sustainable Connectivity

The impending transition away from (already depleting) fossil-fuels to more sustainable sources of energy will bring a lot of changes with it. As part of the kWh/m2-project, an initiative from the TUDelft and Wageningen University, I researched the energetic sustainability of a small subset of our society’s products and services: mobile...

The Role of Human Resource Management in Post-acquisition Integration

Building on the experience built up from the management of more than 30 integration project, the objective of this research as been to improve the post-acquisition HR integration approach of Philips New Venture Integration, based on a gap analysis between the current model approach actual HR integration processes employed during the integration...

Sustainable monument care: A theoretical framework to design for the future

Sustainable monumentcare. A theoretical framework to design for the future. Research on combining design for sustainability and monument care to create truely sustainable monument care, has led to a 3 step approach to sustainable monument care. Using this 3-step method, a design case study is conducted on a historic café and monument.

Commercialization of High-Tech Products: Niche Market Applications Prior to Large-Scale Diffusion

The process by which radically new high-tech products are commercialized and diffused in the mass-market can be long and unpredictable. We propose a conceptual model in which managerial decisions, regarding new product introductions, are presented with their possible outcomes. We analyzed multiple case studies regarding radically new high-tech...

Interpreting the influencing factors within the decision making process between two train safety systems at ProRail: An explorative study

This thesis explores the decision making process about the implementation of a new train safety system at ProRail. ProRail is responsible for the entire rail infrastructure of the Netherlands and faces tasks such as maintaining, optimising and replacing the infrastructure. One of ProRail’s current projects concerns aged train safety systems and...

Closing the gap between the demand and production planning at United Biscuits, Northern Europe: How to SCOR higher on customer intimacy

United Biscuits, Northern Europe (UB-NE) has the intention to achieve excellent product leadership, customer intimacy and operational excellence. A highly competitive market forces the company to respond to customer demand in the most optimal way and yet to maintain company profitability. In an ideal world there exists a one to one relationship...

The redesign of the logistical system of Schiphol Airport Retail

The logistics department of Schiphol Airport Retail supplies 14 shops behind custom gates on Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This research describes improvements to the shop supply system with the use of demand forecast and decoupling moments.

Niche applications for introducing radically new high-tech products in the market: An exploratory study

This research aimed to investigate the emergence of niche applications and to explore the most likely categories of niche applications for introducing radically new high-tech products in order to provide an initial clue on how to select the initial market. This study raised a challenging main question, For introducing radically new high-tech...

An Explorative Research into Exit Strategies of Dutch High-Tech Entrepreneurs

The exit strategy of High-Tech entrepreneurs is a field of science which has hardly been studied in the past. This research provides an overview of the different exit strategies applied by thirteen Dutch High-Tech entrepreneurs. The different High-Tech entrepreneurs were selected on the age of the venture (less than 2 years) and on their...

DIOS: Disaster Interagency Orchestration System: Developing and Evaluating a Network-Centric Crisis Information Management System for ensuring Information and System Quality in Crisis Situations

This thesis investigates the extent to which a network-centric based crisis information management system ensures information quality (IQ) and system quality (SQ) in crisis situations.

Demand Planning: Analysis and improvement of the demand planning process at a pharmaceutical organization

Master thesis project on the application of a systems approach to improve organizational performance. The demand planning process at a pharmaceutical company is analyzed to identify the root causes for the low performance levels at their local sales organizations. These root causes are translated into a redesign of the demand planning system to...

Supply Chain Risk Management Game