Bsc/Msc: Industrial Engineering / Technische bedrijfskunde

Optimize the workflow in the OPC factory

Are you a Bsc/Msc student looking for a graduation assignment? Are you ready for the challenge to improve our factory flow to increase output efficiency? We are looking for you!

Bsc/Msc: Industrial Engineering / Technische bedrijfskunde

Your assignment

In a factory with many different production machines and processes, a good flow is crucial to ensure high operator productivity and keep production costs low. Over the years, a natural flow has developed in the OPC-factory, which is not necessarily the most efficient way of working.

In this assignment, you will work in a multidisciplinary team to increase factory output in an ergonomic way by focusing on the workflow. The project team consists of operators, production engineering, and occupational health and safety, and will follow a Six Sigma way of working.

Your challenge is to find the most efficient workflow in the factory by analysing throughput times, identifying non-value adding operations, (re)defining operator tasks, and balancing the workload between different tasks. An efficient workflow should lead to maximized output (in total and per operator), with optimal assurance of product quality, while minimizing costs per product and the workload of operators.

Your work may consist of data analysis, discussions with operators, and joining operators in production to find elements to improve. The end goal of your assignment is to implement your suggested improvements to our workflow.

The project takes place at the OPC (organic photo conductor) factory at Manufacturing 2 at Canon Production Printing in Venlo.

Your profile

• You are currently studying Industrial Engineering/Technische Bedrijfskunde (HBO or WO)
• You think it’s a challenge to optimize the workflow in a factory
• You are skilled in communication, human dynamics, and working in a multidisciplinary team
• You are fluent in the Dutch language
• You are available for approximately 5–7 months for a minimum of 4 days per week

What’s in it for you?

• A challenging assignment with skilled coaching
• Internship/Graduation compensation of €500 per month
• Travel cost compensation if you don’t have an ‘OV-weekcard’
• The possibility to network with professionals inside and outside your field of expertise, thanks to the diversity of disciplines you will work with

Waar staan wij voor?

Wij ontwikkelen en produceren hightech printproducten en workflow software voor de commerciële printing markt als onderdeel van Canon, wereldwijd marktleider in beeldtechnologieën. Met ongeveer 3300 werknemers verspreid over drie continenten en ons hoofdkantoor in Venlo, Nederland, innoveren we om hoogwaardige oplossingen te creëren. Geleid door de Kyosei filosofie - samen leven en werken voor het algemeen belang – is onze cultuur gebouwd op openheid, collegialiteit, vertrouwen en stabiliteit. We stellen onze mensen in staat om te groeien, initiatief te nemen en impact te maken.