Develop a carbon footprint supply chain model for the RNLAF – Royal Netherlands Air Force

 

 Overview

Company Name / Department

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Contact Person

Ir. Mark van Someren

PDENG Industrial Engineering / Master OML

Location

Hoogerheide (North-Brabant)

Optional remote work

Yes, possible. Preferred at least 3 days at RNLAF. Possibility to combine after each other and stay on Airbase.

Data analysis required on site

Travel expenses (own account or reimbursed by the company)

Reimbursed by company

Housing arranged by company Possibility to stay on Airbase
Housing expenses (how much per month, own account or subsidized by the company)

Subsidized by company

Internship compensation 

700-750 per month

Study program

OML

ESCF community

EHTC

Start date

01-feb-25

Deadline sign up concerning mandatory screening needed per 01-dec-2024.

 

 

Company Description:

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is a modern, high-tech armed forces service that contributes to peace and security on a global basis. For this purpose, it has highly-qualified personnel, aircraft, helicopters and other weapon systems at its disposal. They employ around 6500 active military. The RNLAF is divided into multiple commands. Every command is responsible for their own task. The Air Support Command (ASC) in Hoogerheide is responsible for the support of the operational commands. This project is carried out in one of the sustainment support team consists of people with multi-disciplinary background (Financial, Logistics, Ops, Purchasing, Technical).

Project Description

The supply chain of the RNLAF and their Tier1 suppliers is complex. Many Line Replaceable Units (LRU) of the RNLAF are maintained, repaired and overhauled abroad. The majority of those LRUs are transferred by 3PL service providers (mainly air, road, sea) towards the repair centers abroad.

The RNLAF is focusing on sustainability to reduce our carbon footprint in the supply chain.

The LRUs have different sizes and different weights. Therefore, we would like to develop a scaleable model to model our carbon footprint. A data analysis will provide insights in suitable pre-defined sizes and weights to approach the complex supply chain of the RNLAF.

Furthermore, an analysis will be carried out to identify the volume and/or percentages of transport modes and distances to input this information in a conceptual model.

The RNLAF would like to develop a generic model that can easily be used by our suppliers as well to model their carbon footprint.

Goals of the project:

Provide insights to the RNLAF regarding carbon footprint of our complex supply chain.

If possible, advice how to reduce carbon emissions, while maintaining operational availability.

Deliverables:

  • Analysis of best practices to model the carbon footprint of complex supply chains (multiple modes of transport, multiple sizes of goods)
  • Develop a conceptual model to model the carbon footprint in a complex supply chain (multiple modes of transport, multiple sizes of goods)
  • Advice how to reduce carbon emi

Essential student knowledge:

Sustainability, supply chain modelling, data analysis

    More information: escf@tue.nl  

     

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