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Honours Projects in Management Science

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2011

• Determining Appropriate Resource Levels in Hospitals, Katie Bright and Emma Peattie.

2010

• Improving the Rate of Geothermal Drilling for Mighty River Power, Hannah Norton and Georgina Richards.
• Antarctica New Zealand Event Scheduling Project, Yi-an Chen and Piers Wall.
• Rangitata Diversion Race Reliability Modeling - MSCI Hons 2010, Owen Warburton and Chris Blackmore.

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2009

• Developing a Cost Benefit Analysis framework for use with Food/Hazard combinations, Ryan Lawrence, Ruth Parris and Megan Pettigrew.
• Modelling a Radiation Oncology Outpatient Department for Emendo Limited, Ryan Geekie and Tanya Hoffmann.
• Distribution of bulk resources in the South Island, Alex Dunn and Tao Vink.

2008

• Evaluation of Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation Projects, Brendan Kite and Kevin Lao.
• An Event Scheduling Problem for Antarctica New Zealand, Yee Han Ang and Laura Coffey.
• Identifying Costs and Developing Tools to Aid Production Planning at Trents Nursery, Thuy Van Duong and Brendan Coffey.

2007

• A Depot Location Problem for Red Bus Limited, Brendon Smith and Kingsley Tang.
• SuperScheduler, Iain Walker and Elisabeth de Zwart.

2006

• Optimal Timing Strategies For Capital Investment Using Real Options Analysis, Philippa Dodgson and Gavin Bell.
• Development of Methods for the Multiple Trailer Loading Problem, Jane Beechey and Nigel Granger.
• Liquigas Ltd's Security of Supply Problem, Mei Bai, Cordelia Chen, Nicola Thompson.

2005

• Capacity Modelling for Tegel Foods, Richard Bramley and Tim Steer.
• A Screening Model for Prostate Cancer, Gareth Lawson and Gareth Pullar.
• Location of Equipment for the New Zealand Fire Service, Luke Hannah and Scott Willson.
• Overhead Charging and Costing for Carlton Taylor Industries, David Fyfe and Walter Tsai.
• Intelligent Factory at Skellerup Industries, Karen Brohm.
• A Coal Blending Optimisation Model for Solid Energy, Taryn Nicolle and Nicole Smith.

2004

• University of Canterbury Examination Timetabling System, Matthew Kuriger and Michael Lang.
• General Cable NZ Ltd, Daniel McGregor and Matthew Cain.
• The Move to ERP: Skellerup's Upgrade, Richard Berridge.

2003

• Development of a Tactical Forestry Planning Tool, Kelly McCall and Geoffrey Smits.
• The Development of a Ship Scheduling Tool for Holcim New Zealand Ltd, Nicola Law and Greig McDonnell.
• Data Analysis of Hand Treatment, Evelyn H.Y. Hou and Josephine W.S. Yeo.
• Scheduling and Modelling of the Shop Floor at AEP Flexipac, Felicity Noonan and Jeremy Dodgson.
• Modelling Logistics of Tegel's Chicken Catching Operation, Kylie McGillivray-Brown and Michael Walsh.

2002

• Development of a Forest Estate Management Modelling Program, Tim Dobbs and Andrew Maxwell.
• A Pavement Management System for Transfund New Zealand, James Hole and Betsy Lawrence.
• Scheduling and Routing, Grass Mowers around Christchurch's Parks, Cemeteries and Berms, for City Care Parks and Waterways Division, Paul Stewart and James Tipping.
• Mix fleet vehicle routing problem - An application of Tabu search in the grocery delivery industry, Devern Burchett and Edward Campion.

2001

• A Methodology for Calculating Manufacturing Velocity and Evaluation of a Bucket Brigade System for PDL Industries Limited, Tsung-Han (Hans) Chang and Darren Pat.
• Visually representing river chain capabilities for market purposes for Meridian Energy, Nicola McSporran.
• Identification and Reduction of Downgraded Wings for Tegel Foods Ltd, Joanna Slack.

2000

• Improving Patient Waiting Times in an Accident and Emergency Department for the Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department, Fraser Gardiner and Alicia Hadfield.
• Evaluating the Advantages of a Multi-Skilled Workforce for Mount Hutt Ski Field, Alika Mitchell.
• Developing an Optimisation Model as an Alternative to dTIMS for Transfund New Zealand, David Meaclem and Brad Mytton.

1999

• Improving the Throughput of a Printed Circuit Board Line for Tait's Electronics, Jenny Dawe and Nigel Matuschka.
• Evaluating Efficiency Measurement for the Christchurch Hospital Maintenance Department, Tonille Crombie and Donald Oakly.
• Understanding Student Movement for Elmwood Primary School, Natalie Blair and Tamzin Goldberg.
• Evaluating the dTIMS Road Maintenance Strategy Package for Transfund New Zealand , Richmond Chong and Alan Thompson.
• Understanding Fire Station Ownership Issues for the New Zealand Fire Service, Tracey Garnett and Chris Watson.

1998

• Packing of Containers for BICC Cables, Hamish Dean and Jonathan Baggaley.
• Evaluating Transportation Projects for Transfund New Zealand , Ryan Callister, Bruce MacDonald and David Thompson.
• Risk Analysis of Domestic Dwelling Fires for the New Zealand Fire Service, Stephen Bethune and Mark Stewart.

1997

• A Strategy for Complementary Cell Suppression, Rodney Butler and Andrew Rae.
• Shift Scheduling at TimeMaster Systems, Andrew Gaeth and Iain Froud.
• Location of Fire Stations within the Christchurch Area, Murray Hartley, Nadia Thompson and Alison Sommerville.
• Production Cycle Times at Feltex Carpet Plant, Siau Pin Tjhia.

1996

• Inventory Control of Spare Parts at CWF Hamilton Jet, Jason Lyftogt, Peter Simpson and Duane Smith.
• Labour Rostering at Lyttelton Port Company, Andrew Gormley and Adam Tankersley.
• Fire Station Location Analysis, Simon Oliver and Oliver Spinks.

1995

• Costing Analysis of Neonatal Babies at Christchurch Women's Hospital, Sophie Ramsay and Kristine Stephen.
• Quality Improvement on Purchased Parts for Simpson appliances Ltd., Richard Daines and Hock Song Lim.
• International Network Capacity Expansion Planning for Telecom NZ International, Stephen Batstone and Sharyn Jones.
• A SODA Analysis for Departmental Strategy, for the Department of Management, University of Canterbury, Connell Burke and William Lennon.

1994

• Hatchability Study for Southern Chicks Limited, Peter O'Brien and Peter Jackson.
• Handicapping Study for New Zealand Harness Racing Society, Brett Graydon and Stuart Thompson.
• Scheduling Policy at the University Printery, Andrew Shaw and Kelvin Johnson.

1993

• The Line Intersect Method in Forest Sampling, Gavin Bell and Andrew Kerr.
• ANZ Bank's Telephone Enquiry Centre, Tony Ahern and Natasha Freeman.
• Optimal Controlled Sampling for the Department of Statistics Business Survey, Guy Mullon, and Mark Wilson.
• Flight-crew Scheduling for Mt Cook Airlines, Tim Jefferson and Craig Martyn.
• Matching Patient Attributes to Resources for Nurse Maude, David Genet and Richard Moreham.
• Metal Shop Trim Loss for Simpson Appliances, Andrew Eaves and Aaron Moore.

1992

• Materials Requirements Planning for Borden Filmpac, B. Sommerville.
• Energy Management for Firestone (NZ) Ltd, C. Taylor and N. Elms.
• Case Management Unit Efficiency Study for Nurse Maude Association, B. Francis.
• Cheque Clearing Operations Study for ANZ Bank, Robert Anderson and Craig Murphie.