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A Model Predictive Control Strategy Based On Predicted Mean Vote For A Building Hvac System, Chanthawit Anuntasethakul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This thesis proposes a design of a supervisory model predictive controller for a heating-ventilation-air-conditioning (HVAC) control system. The control objective is to minimize the operating cost and take into account of electrical load shaving and thermal comfort of users. To ensure that thermal comfort is well regulated, we utilize the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) as an indicator and determine an acceptable bound of a desired set-point temperature. The control design consists of two layers, namely, a supervisory control (SC) layer and a model predictive control (MPC) layer. For the SC layer, we explore a configuration including the choice of predesign …

A Study Of Customers' Willingness To Purchase Organic Fresh Milk In Thailand, Jeerawan Punwaree

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Nowadays, most consumers often are care about health due to the COVID-19 and personal needs. Dairy products are specific products that are generally consumed by every age group, from children, teenagers, adults, to the elderly. Organic milk could provide an advantageous alternative for health conscious consumers as it must be certified by government agencies prior to market launching. There are many studies supported that organic milk is more beneficial than conventional milk. Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was applied to study the factors affected consumers' willingness to purchase organic fresh milk in Thailand. Through the questionnaire method and analysis by …

Determining The Effectiveness Of The Health-Edrm Framework And Twitter Data Analysis As The Near Real-Time Source Of Information During The Covid-19 Situation, Kumpol Saengtabtim

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19 pandemic is considered to be one of the most severe disasters that affect both lives and economics to all the countries around the world. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Framework or HEALTH-EDRM framework is the disaster management framework established in late 2019. One objective of this framework is to reduce the impact of the disaster that affects the lives of the people. Risk communication which is considered as the main function of this framework is also the main key for reducing the amount of affecting people. In this research, the analysis of the effectiveness of …

Manufacturing Cost Reduction In A Filling Process Of Aerosol Products, Nattagun Charoenbunsupkarn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research focuses on the development of heuristics that help reduce the production cost of an aerosol filling process of a case study company, while satisfying all related constraints, including production capacity and due dates. The proposed heuristics are a two-phase one, where the initial solutions are first constructed based on simple dispatching rules, and, once completed, such solution is then iteratively improved by two different improvement heuristics, namely 2OPT and Node Shift. A tabu list is also embedded within such a framework to help reduce its computational time. We have assessed the performances of these heuristics based on 6 …

Sop Development For Erp/Software Project Management Of A Consulting Company, Piyanat Viengcome

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Presently, ERP/software consulting company has experienced in information gathering process from users in customer company which lead to insufficient to-be process development and vendor selection process. The unexpected results would be extra budget and high manual workload in organization. The possible root cause is uncleared procedure to proceed the project management in ERP/software implementation. The objective of this research is to develop the standard operating procedure for ERP/software project management of a consulting company concentrated in manufacturing industry in Thailand. The methodology starts with studying of competitors' approach from their websites. The ERP expert interview is the next step, 3 …

Key Success Factors Of Area Business Continuity Management Based On Stakeholders' Perspective Using Ahp Method: A Case Study Of An Automotive Component Company In Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, Sansanee Sapapthai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The 2011 Thailand floods caused extensive damages widely areas. Especially in the manufacturing sector, it is not the only individual company but also the supply chain disruption. Area Business Continuity Management (Area-BCM) is a valuable system that helps businesses successfully reduce flood damage. To achieve the project's ultimate goal, a significant factor that impacts Area-BCM activities is essential. Delphi method with 10 Business Continuity Management (BCM) experts was employed to identify potential success factors. Further, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to examine the relative weight of importance in a total of 20 factors that can be separated into 4 …

Engine Oil Change Lead Time Reduction Of Commercial Vehicle Service Center In Thailand, Sufee Datoh

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In the high competition, the service time is one of many important factors that some customers are likely to concern. This thesis would like to investigate the root causes of the unnecessary activities in a selected authorised service centre which can be improved overall service lead time especially engine oil changing service and light commercial vehicles only (Pick-up and SUV) and to be a prototype improvement plan to suggest other authorised service centres in Thailand in the future. The procedure of engine oil change service can be grouped into 3 phases including the pre-checking, maintenance and post-checking phase. The idea …

A Comparison Of Forecasting Methods For Rotable Spare Parts In A Thai Low-Cost Airline, Supannika Thummathid

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research intents to compare and evaluate 3 different methods for forecasting irregular demand of aircraft spare parts by focusing on Rotable part group of Company A which is the leading low-cost airline in Thailand and operate by Airbus A320 model. Based on the demand classification, it is observed that most of the spare part demands presented an intermittent demand pattern. The forecasting methods Croston's, Holt's Linear and Multi-Layer Perceptron trained with Backpropagation of Neural Network Model are applied on the historical data of 36 Rotable spare parts by dividing into 2 sets which are initialization set period 60 months …

Proactive Customer Service Operations Development For An Automotive Tyre Service Centre, Suttida Wittayapichet

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this research is to create new customer service model in fleet management for Company A which is the automotive tyre service centre due to change the company administration to be proactive management by developing relationship with customers. Also, the research focuses on customers in private companies, which are fleets of large vehicles, in order to maximize customer loyalty with the main customer group of company. Therefore, the design of this research used Business Model Canvas (BMC) to be the structure of the research and adapting Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) concept to develop in the form of Vendor …

Research In Defense Logistics: Where Are We And Where Are We Going?, George A. Zsidisin, Amanda Bresler, Benjamin T. Hazen, Keith F. Schneider, Taylor H. Wilkerson

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to provide insight on high-interest areas of research in defense-related logistics and supply chain management and opportunities for advancing theory and practice in this domain.

The Effect Of Cutting Condition Selection On Tool Life In Sand Milling, Craig Ertl

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study was completed to address the problem of determining what effect selected cutting conditions have on tool wear and tool life in robotic sand milling (RSM) operations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the tool wear mechanisms and characteristics that govern the RSM process. The purpose was also to establish an experimental methodology that may be used in future studies to assess tool life when examining various tooling materials and designs, as well as additional sand workpiece materials. Completing this research allowed the machining process to be optimized by analyzing differences in tooling cost with variable values …

A Scenario-Based Parametric Analysis Of The Army Personnel-To-Assignment Matching Problem, Matthew D. Ferguson, Raymond R. Hill, Brian J. Lunday

Faculty Publications

This study aims to compare linear programming and stable marriage approaches to the personnel assignment problem under conditions of uncertainty. Robust solutions should exhibit reduced variability of solutions in the presence of one or more additional constraints or problem perturbations added to some baseline problems.
Several variations of each approach are compared with respect to solution speed, solution quality as measured by officer-to-assignment preferences and solution robustness as measured by the number of assignment changes required after inducing a set of representative perturbations or constraints to an assignment instance. These side constraints represent the realistic assignment categorical priorities and limitations …

3d Printing Technology On Spare Parts Business Supply Chain Management: A Case Study In Appliance Industry, Salih Boysan

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study investigates the effects of using Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, to produce spare parts within the supply chain of an appliance manufacturing company.

This research is based on an analysis of the operation of a spare parts business of an appliance manufacturing company. This research study used real data to investigate the feasibility of using 3D printing to reduce complexity in the spare parts division in terms of supplier rationalization, inventory reduction, and total cost of ownership. The research method used two scenarios: one where manufacturing spare parts traditionally was the baseline model and the …

Effect Of Particle Concentration, Sealing Condition And Breathing Rate On Total Inward Leakage For N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators, Taoreed T. Lawal

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Several researchers have considered the relationship between total inward leakage (TIL) and other parameters such as sealing condition, particle concentration, type of particulate material breathing parameters, etc., however, there is dearth of information on the effects of varying particle concentration on the penetration efficiency of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), hence, this study aims to study the effect of varying NaCl particle concentration, sealing condition and breathing rate on the TIL as a result of the filtering efficiency of the filters.

To achieve this, we followed the sampling procedure used by He et al., 2014. Four different sealing conditions (SCs) namely; …

Evaluation Of Fitts’ Throughput As A Possible Performance Measure For Manual Assembly Tasks, Pradyumna Bettagere Jagadish

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Assembly lines are the backbone of the manufacturing sector. Workers at the assembly lines are expected to perform fast pace hand-arm exertions with precision and accuracy. To protect the workers from injuries, OSHA mandates the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves. Certain assembly operations require the use of special gloves. Some of these gloves can inhibit hand performance, further increasing the task difficulty. The Index of Difficulty (ID) is a metric measured in ‘bits’ quantifies task difficulty through the quotient of target width and target motion, i.e., distance travelled. The time required to complete the target motion is …

Performance Study Of Five Different Cabin Air Filters In The Laboratory And On-Road Drive, Fahad Alqahtani

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

One of the aims of installing ventilation filters in a car is to prevent vehicle occupants from inhaling potentially harmful aerosols emanating from the environment. Vehicle cabin filters are essential in ensuring that a vehicle's air conditioning system provides clean air to its occupants. The purpose of the cabin filter is to improve air quality inside the car to provide better comfort and better protect occupants from experiencing unwanted respiratory problems. Using cabin filters in air conditioning systems is a common practice in modern vehicle manufacturing. Scientists and engineers are continually seeking new ways of improving the efficiency and effectiveness …

A Study Of Impact Protection Of Metacarpal Gloves, Faisal Mohammed Alessa

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Work-related wrist, hand, and finger injuries are highly prevalent in manufacturing and extractive industries. An analysis of mining-related hand injury data from over the past two decades (Alessa et al., 2020) showed that hand injuries caused by insufficient protection against impact loads (e.g. struck by accidents) were categorized with high severity. Existing literature lacks clear classification and quantification methods for the protection provided by impact-resistant gloves (i.e. metacarpal gloves). A new method to establish a quantitative measure of performance for commonly used metacarpal gloves was developed and evaluated.

In the first specific aim, an experimental study using cadaveric hand specimens …

Assessment Of Heat Stress For Outdoor Work Conditions In Saudi Arabia, Jamal Alanazi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Outdoor workers have an increased risk of heat stress in Saudi Arabia since it is one of the hottest places in the Middle East. Recently, the government decided to limit outdoor work hours during the months of June, July, and August every year, and banned working under the direct sunlight from 12:00 to 03:00 p.m., although outdoor workers in the petroleum, natural gas, or emergency maintenance work industries are exempt from this prohibition. Traditionally, the efforts by safety and health professionals to mitigate work-related heat injury has been directed toward the assessment of environmental heat stress (e.g., wet-bulb globe temperature), …

Transit Agencies Performance Assessment And Implications, Parisa Hajibabaee

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Although most transit systems operate in small urban and rural areas in the United States, these systems have rarely received the same attention as their urban counterparts, both in terms of ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations and understanding the factors that affect their performance. This thesis's main goals are to assess the performance of rural and small urban public transit agencies and help them evaluate adopting a ridehailing program, thereby improving their performance. We applied operations research and decision-making tools to two public transit projects in small urban and rural areas. The first project focuses on three …

Capital Equipment Upgrade Strategy In The Context Of Servitization, Muztoba Ahmad Khan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Building on manufacturing servitization and Product-Service Systems (PSS) business models, the midlife equipment upgrade services introduce promising alternative to traditional equipment replacement, which is often capital intensive and time consuming. Midlife upgrade describes the process of improving the performance of and adding new functional capabilities into equipment during their active usage period by embedding technological innovation while satisfying evolving customers’ preferences over time. This strategy, however, has thus far been discussed primarily from a conceptual perspective in literature, and the state of the art lacks empirical evidence regarding the potential and outcome of successful midlife upgrades. Additionally, explorative studies report …