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State College - Air Door usage consolidation

Company: UPS

Major(s):
Primary: IE
Secondary: ME
Optional: EGEE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

State College - A2 van for air uses too many unload doors, a way to improve this, something students can build using solid works? Have to have 2 dock doors open to get the van in Use 3 doors to unload Can only use one other unload door while unloading air Avg: 800 pieces in A2 ADA’d A2/A5 for unloading? Put ADA’d one on door, put actual A2 to the right of first unload door? Utilize door 3 on different area of building? Build the belt on the other side, or rearrange setup? Additional Project using similar analysis State College - Irreg process improvement - Devise a plan or simulation to evolve current Irreg process and optimize Irreg carting plan to be safer and more efficient. Irregs are pushed off of a slide, fall to ground, manually have to pick them up, put them on rollers, carts, etc.

 
 

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