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- Deckers, Koen (author) master thesis 2022
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Seegers, Daan (author)This thesis combines a high-tech, capital product, with servitization methods in order to create a product-service system. Servitization has allowed companies to align their interests and create a co-creation environment. The overall objective of this thesis was to find an improvement over the current service design of Beaver vessels. This new...master thesis 2022
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Kumar, Arnav (author)The demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines have been rising significantly in the EU as the EU wants to become carbon neutral by 2050 and generate 40% of its energy through renewable sources in order to avoid climate change and its consequences. However, both these technologies use several critical raw materials essential for their...master thesis 2022
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Acosta Martinez, Victor Acosta (author)This thesis project studied the demand planning process of Cargill Global Edible Oil Solutions (GEOS) in the EMEA region and had the objective of developing a demand forecast model for the Retail Food Services customers to improve their satisfaction levels. The scope of this covered the commercial and contractual relationships, for the delivery...master thesis 2022
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Shirvani, fatemeh (author)This thesis project investigates the applicability of different sustainable transport methods for delivering chemical products to the European customers and a decision-making business process is derived from that. So, a set of representative lanes are selected to be involved in this project and the hauliers responsible for those lanes are asked...master thesis 2022
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de Wilt, Wouter (author)Big data analytics (BDA) and supply chain resilience are both present and important topics, but research on the relation between the subjects is limited. This also holds for the translation of the subject for a specific industry. This research therefore addresses this relation and translates it to a comprehensive partial resilience assessment...master thesis 2022
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Shi, Wenyi (author)With the rise of the internet, mobile technologies, and, most crucially, e-commerce, the retail industry has changed dramatically in recent decades. Emerging digital technologies, such as information and automation, have recently made it feasible for even more types of retail business to exist. One of the key strategic themes for retail...master thesis 2022
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Beekman, Elwin (author)Background: With around 70 supermarkets, Hoogvliet is one of the smaller supermarkets in the Netherlands. During the past years, more companies have become aware of the importance of efficient reversed logistics (Senthil et al., 2018). By optimizing this return flow, the return hall of supermarkets plays an important role. With the expected...master thesis 2022
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BALAJI GANESH, SANGAMESH (author)The international trade sector is projected to undergo a significant shift in the next years, with transparency and trust being the most pressing concerns to be resolved as part of the Industry 4.0 revolution (PwC, 2019). International trade consists of several complex process involving several intermediaries (actors). Due to the complexity in...master thesis 2021
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Fibbe, S.T. (author)Due to increasing cost pressure, disturbances from customs and an opportunity seen in reducing costs by increasing the procurement and construction in the Far East, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is changing the requirements for its supply chain. Changes to the supply chain however not only inflicts a large number of stakeholders, but the cost...master thesis 2021
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Sinha, Ayushi (author)Due to increasing urbanisation, the basic necessities of housing demands are also on a rise. This leads to increase in construction activities and movement of construction vehicles to and from construction sites. However, the upcoming Green Deal 2025 policy would pose restrictions to the entry of construction vans, the most widely utilized...master thesis 2021
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Raghunath, Shreya (author)"Imagineering is letting your imagination soar, and then engineering it down to earth." (Alcoa Aluminum, 1942)<br/><br/>The fourth industrial revolution is focused on integrating technologies into the production environment that can increase revenue and optimize production. As the lines between the physical and digital worlds are blurring with...master thesis 2021
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Rao, Akshay (author)The master thesis project explores the spare parts business due to the evidence available on how well it contributes to the revenues and profits of firms. With increasing product variety, shorter product lifecycles and market competition, it is necessary for firms to supply spare parts to customers for keeping the products functional....master thesis 2021
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Guleij, Laura (author)The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is driven by dynamic competition, globalization, and increasing pressure to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. The increased uncertainty and complexity of coordination, result in the companies’ necessity to innovate and obtain capabilities for responsiveness and decision¬ making. Hereby,...master thesis 2021
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Walaskar, Sukanya (author)This report presents an analysis of a new technology integration, namely Radio Frequency Identification technology (RFID) within Nike’s supply chain processes. This analysis considers a metrics relevant to operational efficiency in terms of costs savings, reduction in labour hours and increase in revenue through sales. These metrics are...master thesis 2021
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Kleinendorst, Jay Jay (author)The Dutch carpet tile industry is one of the most polluting and unsustainable industries worldwide, with a waste product that is only fit for landfilling. This thesis set out to model the industry and conclude on effective sustainability increasing measures. It was identified that the creation of one carpet tile (0.25 square meters) causes a...master thesis 2020
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Chittur Ramasubramaniam, Subbaraman (author)The usage of Industry 4.0 technologies isgaining a lot of popularity in the context of manufacturing industries. Theyoffer improvements to the traditional manufacturing environment by offeringmore connectivity and integration in the business processes. Many companies aremoving towards these technologies to harness these...master thesis 2020
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van Honk, Quint (author)Construction logistics has a negative impact on the urban environment. Therefore, in this study, construction logistics structures are designed for residential and non-residential development that should reduce the negative effects of construction-related transport in cities. These structures were made for the urban development project IJburg II...master thesis 2020
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Talleraas, Henrik (author)In a world where companies rely increasingly on machines and automated production lines to deliver customer value, asset availability is a becoming a larger driver of companies’ productivity and thus performance. In effect, where maintenance was historically perceived as a cost-centre, it is generally treated as a value-adding business element...master thesis 2020
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le Blanc, O.L.R. (author)The world is facing climate change which has sever impacts on extreme weather events, biodiversity and rising seas. Greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced to counteract climate change. One specific way to contribute to that reduction is setting Zero-Emission (ZE) zones to ban fossil fuel vehicles in urban areas which will presumably lead to...master thesis 2020