MCA: Problem-Based Learning for Warehousing and Order Fulfillment

MCA：基于问题的仓储和订单履行学习

• 批准号: 2322250
• 负责人: Mary Kurz
• 金额: $ 35.99万
• 依托单位: Clemson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322250&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MCA; Problem; Based; Learning; Warehousing

This Mid-Career Advancement project aims to serve the national interest by increasing student competence in the warehousing and order fulfillment industries. Large ecommerce companies can sell over 100,000 items per minute in their busy seasons and deliver those in a tight window, supported by an in-house research and implementation staff. However, many firms in the ecommerce space operate without the expertise employed by larger companies. Many of these firms may be able to identify potential areas of warehouse and order fulfillment operational improvement, but not have the in-house expertise to address these needs. Moreover, even students trained in these areas and their instructors may not have the breadth of experience to develop student, and therefore practitioner, competence in this area. Thus, there is a gap between the industry needs and the educational experience and materials available to support student competence-development in this topical area. This project will develop, refine and distribute industry-based case studies and problem-based learning scenarios for advanced undergraduate and master’s level graduate students in industrial engineering. These instructional materials will be distributed through material handling educational support groups and websites. The overall goal of this project is to develop instructional materials and hands-on activities, using a problem-based learning approach, for warehousing and order fulfillment education for undergraduate and masters Industrial Engineering students based on observable needs in the industry. This project will address the following research questions: (1) What is the impact of implementing a problem-based learning (PBL) approach for warehousing and order fulfillment? (2) If problem-based learning is not the best choice for students to learn warehousing and order fulfillment, is a case-based approach valid? (3) Can problem-based learning materials be developed based on interactions with local companies with warehousing and order fulfillment activities that are not based on industry-based research projects? Project goals will be achieved through four sets of activities: The principal investigator will (a) develop place-based expertise in local warehousing and order fulfillment organizations through extensive site visits; (b) develop technical expertise in Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation and FactoryFLOW; (c) develop and assess cases and PBL modules for undergraduates and master’s students; and (d) disseminate results to the research and teaching communities. Student learning will be assessed using direct and indirect measures, including interviews and student observations. Project results and outcomes will be disseminated through engineering education conference and journal mechanisms and professional society websites. This MCA award is funded through NSF's IUSE: EDU Program, which supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个职业中期的进步项目旨在通过提高仓库和秩序履行行业的学生能力来服务国家利益。大型电子商务公司在忙碌的季节中每分钟可以出售超过100,000件商品，并在内部研究和实施人员的支持下，在紧身窗口中卖出。但是，电子商务领域的许多公司在没有大型公司的专业知识员工的情况下运作。这些公司中的许多公司可能能够确定仓库的潜在领域和命令履行运营改进，但没有内部专家来满足这些需求。此外，即使是在这些领域进行培训的学生，他们的讲师也可能没有发展该领域的学生，因此也没有从业者的能力。这样一来，行业需求与可用于支持该主题领域的学生能力发展的教育经验和材料之间存在差距。该项目将开发，完善和分销行业的案例研究以及基于问题的学习场景，为工业工程领域的高级本科和硕士学位研究生。这些讲师材料将通过材料处理教育支持小组和网站分发。该项目的总体目标是使用基于问题的学习方法开发教学材料和动手活动，以根据行业的可观察需求为本科和硕士工业工程学生提供仓储和秩序履行教育。该项目将解决以下研究问题：（1）实施基于问题的学习（PBL）方法对仓储和秩序履行有什么影响？ （2）如果基于问题的学习不是学生学习仓库和订单履行的最佳选择，那么基于案例的方法有效吗？ （3）是否可以根据与本地公司的互动以及非基于基于行业的研究项目的仓库和订单履行活动开发基于问题的学习材料？项目目标将通过四组活动实现：首席研究人员将（a）通过大量现场访问来开发基于地点的专业知识； （b）在西门子Tecnomenix植物模拟和工厂流程中发展技术专长； （c）开发和评估本科生和硕士学生的案例和PBL模块； （d）将结果传播到研究和教学社区。学生学习将使用直接和间接措施进行评估，包括访谈和学生观察。项目结果和成果将通过工程教育会议和期刊机制和专业社会网站传播。该MCA奖是通过NSF的IUSE：EDU计划资助的，该计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来获得的支持。