Keyur Patel

October 11, 2011

Postal Plant Layout Design

dap developed operational processing and physical layout guidelines for a major urban letters and flats processing plant upgrade. The study included demand forecasting, sort plant and […]
October 11, 2011

Dispatch Operations Modeling

The rush of unit load (trays, tubs) at dispatch time can cause major bottlenecks through material handling, and poses high demand on labor to ensure that […]
October 11, 2011

Bundling and Pallet Size Specification

dap developed a computational model and application designed to generate presorted bundles and trays with the greatest possible presort depth, given bundling specifications. The model gave […]
October 11, 2011

Oversize Bundle Testing

dap performed qualitative and quantitative testing of multiple bundle packaging through a sorting infrastructure to develop recommendations and guidelines for a mail carrier. dap prepared sample […]
October 11, 2011

Sequencing and Sortation

dap provided operational and tactical consulting to a postal organization implementing automated mail delivery sequencing. We developed a future-proof sequencing and sorting methodology, ensuring that sequencing […]
October 11, 2011

Standardized Workload Assignment

dap developed a database application to help its postal client create a foundation for labor planning. The client’s in-plant staff was not aligned to the Planned […]