Meet the Team Aaron Heyman

5th Year Industrial Engineer

Team Lead

Adam Cook

5th Year Industrial Engineer

Jose Rodriguez

5th Year Industrial Engineer

Abraham Taleb

4th Year Industrial Engineer

Sarah Pittman

CooperVision Process Improvement Manager

RIT Class of 1997

Project Description

World's Second leading Producer of Contact Lenses

250,000 Sq Ft. Distribution Center in Henrietta

Determine the Current Capacity of Distribution Center

Distribution Capacity Analysisfor

CooperVision

Provide a Computer Based Tool to help Determine Capacity

Provide CooperVision with Process Improvements

Focus will be on the Picking and Packing Areas

Deliverables Status

Needs Assessment – Partially Complete Need second visit to customer site

Project Overview – Complete

1 Page Summary – Complete

Work Breakdown Structure – Complete

2 Quarter Schedule – Complete

Team Values and Norms – Complete

Key Challenges Time at customer site will be limited

CooperVision works with a highly fluctuating demand

High number of Stock-Keeping Units (SKUs)

Looking at the middle of the system makes it difficult to create pull (optimizing part, not whole)

The need to make large assumptions

Potential expansion in the scope of the project by customer