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Senden, Tom (author)
The global commitment to combating climate change has led to initiatives like the Paris Agreement and the European Commission's 2030 climate target plan. Heineken, aligning with this, has set its own sustainability goals for 2030, aiming for net-zero emissions in its production line and a carbon-neutral value chain by 2040. To address emissions...
master thesis 2023
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Rouwé, Machteld (author)
Offshore wind energy can play a key role in the energy transition. Reducing installation costs for offshore wind installation projects helps to be cost-competitive with other renewable energy technologies. Installation costs can increase when the installation project planning is delayed. Literature shows that offshore wind installation projects...
master thesis 2023
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Hofstee, Toon (author)
This research paper focuses on improving the performance of cross-docking operations under uncertainty in the context of e-commerce logistics. The growth of e-commerce sales has increased product returns and complexity to supply chains. To address this issue, this study investigates how cross-docking operations can be improved under external and...
master thesis 2023
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Chaturvedi, Rishabh (author)
Commercial greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are proliferating, as is the concern among freight carriers to minimize their carbon footprint. From a corporate point of view, the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) expects aircraft emissions to triple by 2050, with aviation accounting for 25% of the world's carbon...
master thesis 2020
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Meulblok, Vera (author)
The efficiency of a logistic service provider's network can be improved by implementing a receiver-led consolidation policy. This policy means that shipments destined to the same location are consolidated in one truck. The literature states that by doing this the costs, CO2 emissions and number of vehicle movements can be reduced. However,...
master thesis 2020
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Chi, Shudan (author)
Scania is one of the world-leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport, combined with an extensive product-related service offering. This thesis proposes a data-driven service innovation strategy to leverage the potential of data and data intelligence for Scania's future business in the truck segment. The freight transport...
master thesis 2020
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van Hemert, Dick (author)
Parcel deliveries have seen a massive grow over the past several years, mainly in the B2C sector due to rise of online shopping. Due to this growing market more transport movements in the last mile are required. These extra driven kilometers add up to an increase in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. In a world where the ask for more sustainable...
master thesis 2020
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Agricola, Ivo (author)
Over the past years, construction activities in the Netherlands shifted from spacious greenfield developments to dense inner-city redevelopment projects. Approximately 50 per cent of the total turnover in construction is generated within the country’s large cities. It’s expected that this percentage will grow to 80 per cent in the near future(De...
master thesis 2020
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Kang, Zhao (author)
Ambient temperature has been identified as the most common reason for quality loss of most high value perishable goods. In actual operation, it is not cost-effective to cool perishable products in active and/or passive containers when their storage time in the warehouse is short. In order to o reduce the quality loss caused by the temperature,...
master thesis 2019
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van Halem, Pieter (author)
This thesis introduces a new algorithm for optimising shipping routes within a dredging project. Highly dynamic and time-dependent hydrodynamic features influence shipping routes. Due to the complex interactions between the horizontal tide, vertical tide, stratifying forces, wind-driven forces, and limited water-depth, shipping routes were...
master thesis 2019
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Ritu Raj, Ritu (author)
Today, Oil and gas industry is fulfilling the world’s energy need, but while doing so, it is also facing challenges due to volatile crude oil price and global warming concerns. This puts emphasis on cost optimization to increase the profit margin and avoid any cost leakages. The logistics and distribution domain always remained important for...
master thesis 2019
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Bosdijk, Nicole (author)
Aircraft component maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) outsourcing is a rather new phenomenon. Nowadays, component support solutions that are flexible with predictable cost are pursued. In other words, the time to restore and cost of MRO are aimed to be minimised. This research project is collaboration with one of the worlds leaders in...
master thesis 2019
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Macquart, Aubin (author)
Port planning is a complex multidisciplinary subject. To fulfill its functions, it is essential that the different elements of a port work together. The full potential of a terminal can only be reached when the wet infrastructure of a port (access channel, inner basins, turning circles) can keep up with the traffic load. From the literature...
master thesis 2017
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Beemster, Diana (author)
Throughout this report a logistic design for the floriculture supply chain from the growers to the buyers of the flower auction is developed to be feasible around the year 2025. Trends and developments in and around the floriculture market as consolidation of transport, shift in customer demand and the Internet of Things are plotted on a hype...
master thesis 2017
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Schoenmaker, H.J.A. (author)
master thesis 2016
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Consuegra, S.C. (author)
The inland shipping industry could improve its environmental performance by applying environmental innovations. However, the industry is very diverse and there is a wide variety of technical, operational and logistical innovations. To find which innovations are most suitable for a fast-, cost- and effort effective adoption by the IWT industry,...
master thesis 2016
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Meissner, C. (author)
High inefficiencies in transport networks due to low utilization of transport modes, incurring unnecessary costs and burdens on the environment, are motivating companies to increasingly cooperate in logistics with companies from the same or another value chain. Although multi-company cooperations are likely to create benefits for the cooperating...
master thesis 2015
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IJfs, S.R. (author)
HEINEKEN Nederland Supply continuously strives to improve its logistical processes in order to be able to serve its customer better, but at the same time to reduce costs. Within the Zoeterwoude Brewery, the Customer Service & Logistics department is responsible for the supply of the materials to the packaging lines, but also for the loading...
master thesis 2015
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Oomen, V.A.M. (author)
The Dutch health care system is a large drain on the Dutch national budget. With the Dutch hospitals costing 20 billion euros yearly. Six billion euros, of the total 20 billion euros are spend on goods and materials. If a part of these goods are wasted within the health care system, the costs of this system could be reduced by reducing this...
master thesis 2015
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Verwijs, E.C.J.E. (author)
A mixed method approach is executed to see if it is an adequate analysis method to find the change in performance for the hypothetical implementation of Design Alternatives aiming to increase the transport efficiency in upstream transport. The project concludes that indeed a Mixed Method Approach is a succesful way of finding the organisational...
master thesis 2015
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