Strategies to Regulate Inbound Logistics at Convention Centers: A Case Study at the RAI Amsterdam

Convention centers are facing logistic challenges due to poor performance, lack of space and governmental regulations. This research is focused on finding strategies that can improve performance while maintaining or reducing space and complying to these governmental regulations. In this research three main strategies are introduced that can...

Optimizing Packaging Availability for Reverse Logistics: A case study at ASML

Background: The domain of Reverse Logistics, which is lately coming more in the forefront, will serve as the focal point of this project. In the electronics industry, the importance of facilitating safe movements is constantly increasing. In order to prevent escalating the chances of damage, products have to be transported with adequate...

HEINEKEN Flexbrewery: Analysis of the impact of small batches on the supply chain and simulation of different replenishment strategies

The last years craft beer is becoming more and more popular. Heineken responses to this trend in different ways. The last gap in this strategy is offering local brands to the market. In order to do so they have to reduce their batch size. This research looked into the impact of smaller batches on the supply chain. The first conclusion is that...

Towards an adequate methodology for GHG emissions accounting in logistics: A case study at Heineken

There is no globally harmonised calculation methodology for GHG emissions in place, which hampers the ability to measure and report the environmental impact of logistics operations. This paper is aimed at developing an adequate GHG emissions accounting methodology for cross-border multi-modal logistics at Heineken and at generalising the...

Optimizing the track and traceability of packaging materials: a casestudy at Heineken HNS

A traceability system for primary packaging materials is compulsory by law for the food- and beverage industry. With a good traceability system an organisation is able to quickly recall unsafe products to protect consumers health. This research aims to analyse and improve the traceability of the primary packaging materials at Heineken...