Harris, C., & Natarajarathinam, M. (2015, June), Effective Industry Support for Higher Education of Employees  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23917

\bibitem{asee_peer_23917}
  Harris, C., \& Natarajarathinam, M. (2015, June), \emph{Effective Industry Support for Higher Education of Employees}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23917

Craig Harris and Malini Natarajarathinam.  "Effective Industry Support for Higher Education of Employees".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23917 Internet.  28 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23917}
  Craig Harris and Malini Natarajarathinam.
  "Effective Industry Support for Higher Education of Employees".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23917 Internet.  28 Jun, 2024

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AB  -            Effective industry support for higher education of employeesStrategic educational investments that foster industry best practices directly and positively affectthe EBITDA of the small businesses. In this paper, we show how investment from a smallbusiness to support a Masters student helps in many tangible and intangible ways. The studentworks on a yearlong capstone project during the course of his study under the close supervisionof faculty. The specific capstone research project focuses on developing a web based mechanismto order and produce packaged gases in a closed loop supply chain to optimize cylinderplacement through a distribution network comprised of a packaging facility and nearly twentydistribution centers and retail store fronts that handle both outbound and inbound product. Theresearch creates an inventory stratification that considers multiple variables simultaneously,which produces guidance for a mathematical formulation in which the relative profitability of theproduct is considered in the inventory strategy and optimal placement throughout the company.This research is based on methods developed through an educational investment in key operatorsconcerned with asset utilization. Hence, the sponsoring organization can see that it’s bottom-linegetting improved with efforts from its own employees. The cost of the project alone will justifythe investment in higher education of the employee. In addition to this, the company is alsotraining and building project champions specialized in their area of operations. This could alsohelp with succession plans in the future. There are more intangible benefits from this employeeand also from his peers. The benefits of supporting higher education by a small business mightbe a big effort but we show in this article, that it is worth every bit. We also discuss what aresome measures that the company should do to benefit the most out of this investment.
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