Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

This project is aimed at applying the knowledge of value chain optimization, business analytics and heat map,x000D
more increasingly used for business intelligence, to engineer an advanced business analytic tool for BRQ Fibrex000D
& Broyure (BRQ). The objective is to allow the managers of the company to evaluate different businessx000D
alternatives on products, customers, suppliers, locations in order to make effective and profitable businessx000D
decisions to support the business growth. BRQ is a Quebec-based company providing recycling services thatx000D
transform waste wood from construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) materials into certified cleanx000D
industrial grade materials, such as wood chips, fibrous carbon materials, organic biomass. In businessx000D
development, one of the challenges that the manager faces is to identify the customers and suppliers, which arex000D
strategically located and their demand and supplies are aligned well with their production and stockingx000D
capabilities in order to reduce value chain cost and improve both business operations and profits. Thex000D
complexity is that recycling process is a divergent process. Different sorting strategies can be used in thex000D
process, which produces different proportions of products, at different costs, and lead to different inventoryx000D
levels. Depending on the customer and supplier locations, selling prices and transportation costs are different.x000D
The company also faces seasonal demand and supplies. With the recent upgrading of the enterprise resourcex000D
planning (ERP) system, this project will help the company in advancing the business analytics system and willx000D
lead to a significant improvement of the decision making process. In this project, we will work closely with thex000D
BRQ managers, engineer and the ERP technical personnel to understand the value chain operations. Then, ax000D
value chain optimization model and marginal value heat map will be developed and connected. This advancedx000D
business analytic tool will allow managers to effectively evaluate different business alternatives, visualizex000D
business intensity changes and identify the most profitable strategy.