AIMMRG
AIMMRG activity spans both on basic and applied research focused on interdisciplinary research across streams of engineering, health care and business management.
The research group is focused to bridge the gap between academics and industry, thereby enhancing consultancy capabilities. In terms of research work and consultancy capabilities, AIMMRG involves classification based on hierarchy. The primary industrial sectors are further sub-divided into academic research and integrated / multi-disciplinary research areas.
Primary industrial sectors
* Manufacturing
* IT
* Healthcare
* FMCG
Academic research areas
* Inventory reduction
- Stock optimization
- Development of stock models
- Grouping of products
* Lead time reduction
* Strategic Planning
- Technological forecasting
* Decision support systems
* Product Customization
- Mass customization
- Body fitted customization
* Lean & agile manufacturing
* E- manufacturing / future manufacturing
* Rapid Prototyping / Rapid Manufacturing
* Design, development and analysis of internal & external prosthesis
* Health care management
* Design of health care equipments
* Business process re-engineering
Integrated areas of exploration
* Retail Management
- Development of KPI's
- Lean information system
- Management of stock reserves
- Promotions management
- Development of customer retention program's
- Development of demand / forecast driven approaches
* KPI for supply chain improvements
* Logistics
- RFID
- Optimum routing
- Logistics information system
* Attracting new markets for SHINE
* Enhancing data reliability to sales
* Purchase optimization
- Developing purchase policy according to stock movements
- Reduction of non-value adds through efficient IT system support
* Expediting
* Retail shop floor management system (new area)
- Cubic space management
- Product display management
- Premium products management
- Product shelf life management
- Stock data management
- Product life cycle management
* E business applications
- B2B
- B2C
- B2G
* Supply chain information flow management
* Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
* Design for manufacture
* Product and process characterization for RP/RM
* Integral approach of RP and SCM
