An Empirical Estimation on the Impact of Freight Traffic on the Capacity Drop

In recent years, the amount of traffic on the highways has increased continuously and in particular freight traffic. Despite solutions to maximize roadway capacity, the drop of capacity after congestions sets in, remains an active field of study. The influence of freight traffic on traffic flow has received little attention, especially regarding...

Planning of production Applied approach for reducing planning nervousness and increasing flexibility

Several different kinds of Miracoli Dinner kits are produced on Line 4 in Oud-Beijerland. The current method of planning of production is not sufficient in terms of product availability and planning nervousness. A new method of Most-Urgent-First planning is proposed and a simulation is run to measure the performance in order to see if another...