On Cost Reduction in Unilever's Supply Chain and the Interpretation and Implementation thereof

Unilever is the market leader in the fast moving consumer goods industry. It is constantlyseeking ways to effectively use its resources. The company approached me and requested a decision tool which could determine the 'switch-over' point between single and double stacking of pallets (the so-called stacking configuration). The model was to...

Designing Express Networks with Multi-Agent Modelling

The ORTEC Consulting Group (OCG) advises express service providers on efficient network design. A part of the challenge to this design is the hub location problem (HLP). The HLP consists of selecting optimal locations for large sorting centres (hubs) from a range of smaller sorting centres (depots) to which the rest of these depots can connect....