About

Starting Semester: Fall 2025
Assigned: No
Location: Grand Rapids

Steelcase Inc.

Client Profile

Steelcase (NYSE: SCS) is a global, industry leading company with fiscal 2024 revenue of approximately $3.20 billion and over 11,000 employees around the world, with headquarters in

Grand Rapids, Michigan. Steelcase brands offer a comprehensive portfolio of workplace products, furnishings and services, inspired by over 100 years of insight gained serving the

world’s leading organizations.

Project Description

Overview

Customers want fabrics that are not part of our standard offering. We offer a COM (Customers Own Material) process that allows customers to pick special fabrics for use on their products. Steelcase will test these fabrics to ensure they will perform correctly in the requested application. Steelcase is upgrading business systems which provides an opportunity to make improvements to the COM process. We plan on managing standard and COM fabrics the same way going forward.



Opportunity Statement:

Future state COM process

• COM fabrics will be loaded into price categories (like standard) instead of being managed individually

• COM fabrics will standardize on % overage for scrap (currently a mix of % or a yard based factor)

• We need a formula designed to handle scrap factor percentages that incorporate fabric repeats in the logic



Objectives:

• Analyze fabric usage and develop a formula for scrap factor percentages that can be used for all COM fabrics

Skills

Data Analysis
Statistical methods
Optimization techniques
Process improvement methodologies