This document outlines the procedure for forecasting the future power generation requirements from
various fuel sources. Our client is Duke Corporation, who has a current market share of 4.01% in U.S. It
uses three major sources of power generation-coal, nuclear and natural gas. Duke Corporation wants to
understand the future power generation requirements. Our business objective is to estimate capacity
requirements for Duke Corporation in the next year, by forecasting demand of power generation by
Business Objective
Considering the increasing pollution levels in the city and its harmful effects on kid’s health, an event
management firm has decided to conduct outdoor events only when Carbon monoxide levels are within
3ppm to 9ppm. For this, they need a model to know the expected daily maximum level of Carbon
Monoxide (CO) one week in advance.
Problem description
Improve capacity utilization of Maruti’s Manesar and Gurgaon plants by forecasting
future demand of Maruti cars and hence scheduling production.
Maruti has 2 manufacturing plants at Manesar and Gurgaon. Manesar plant has a capacity of
550k and Gurgaon plant has a capacity of 900k as of 2016. The production numbers for 2016
shows that Manesar plant produced 630k cars suggesting overtime at the plant, whereas
Gurgaon plant produced 678k cars only suggesting underutilization.
Prof. Galit Shmueli, Institute of Service Science, College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Kuang Fu Road Sec. 2, Hsinchu 30013 Taiwan
