Honors Theses

Date of Award

Spring 5-7-2022

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Center for Manufacturing Excellence

First Advisor

Jack McClurg

Second Advisor

Mike Gill

Third Advisor

Scott Kilpatrick

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

Each year, the seniors in the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence complete a capstone project. A team comprised of seniors in varying disciplines work to develop a business model focused on producing a specific product. This team, SEC Rivals Checkers, chose to produce wooden checker boards where each half of a board is custom to a specific SEC school. These halves were designed to be interchangeable, so a variety of different combination could be created when utilizing the product. Through initial marketing analysis, cost estimation, prototyping, and process development, the original SEC Rivals Checkers idea was developed into a finished product backed by a robust manufacturing process. After evaluating the final cost estimates of potentially making the checkerboards as products for sale, it was determined that the product would be financially feasible and profitable.

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