The objective for this Major Qualifying Project was to apply lean process improvement methods, inventory management and financial analysis to a privately held manufacturing company. A review of the state of the art revealed methods to improve many of the processes employed at Sheppard Envelope Manufacturing Company, including warehouse operations and inventory control methods. The methods used include Axiomatic Design for warehouse design, Economic Order Quantity and inventory metric calculations for inventory management database design and Analytical Hierarchy Process for inventory software recommendations. The project results recommend an automated inventory management system and a redesign of warehouse organization, which may result in significant return on investment if implemented.

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Creator

• Hofmeister, Emily Margaret
• Salvati, Katrina Rose
• Corini, Alyssa Caitlin
• Coutu, Katherine Jane

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121614-160650

Advisor

• Towner, Walter Thomas

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• Sheppard Envelope Manufacturing Company

Date created

• 2014-12-16

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright