Evergreen Goodwill
Evergreen Goodwill Production Efficiency: Level 2
This is a continuation of the Capstone projected initiated in the '21-'22 school year. The 21/22 student team addressed Evergreen Goodwill's production process (the sorting and pricing of donated clothes) seeking greater efficiencies through innovation and arrived at a pre-sort solution that could result in significant monetary savings and a more efficient use of resources. For '22-'23 Evergreen Goodwill wanted the student team to work to build upon that premise and refine it by visiting these questions: is the conclusion/recommendation correct? Is the suggested process the most efficacious? Are the alternatives that have not been addressed that would result in a greater use of resources? Since Evergreen Goodwill anticipated being in a pre-sort mood in some stores (using the recommendations of the previous group) they wanted this year's student team to work to address challenges and opportunities within the process. One possible addition was that Evergreen Goodwill may introduce a new, more sophisticated way of classing their merchandise at the point of production (for instance, instead of just "women's apparel" they would have " dresses," "pants," "skirts" etc. Evergreen Goodwill also wanted this year's student team to work to explore how this new addition now ties into a pre-sort process? This student team worked to accomplish the following outcomes: - Time savings - Monetary savings - Greater enjoyment of work - Greater fluidity of donated resources; making the best possible use of everything we are given.
Faculty Adviser
Patty Buchanan,
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Students
Anthony Liem
Jessica Hwee
John O'Kane
Mckenna Dawson