Franz Edelman Academy: Class of 1997

FIRST PLACE

Team:
SNCF & SABRE Decision Technologies
Project:
Schedule Optimization at SNCF: From Conception to Day of Departure
Members:
SNCF
SABRE

FINALISTS

Team:
Hewlett-Packard Company
Project:
Hewlett-Packard Uses Operations Research to Improve the Design of a Printer Production Line
Members:
Hewlett-Packard Company
Analytics Inc.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Team:
Nortel
Project:
Nortel Redefines Factory Information Technology: An OR-Driven Approach
Members:
Northern Telecom

Team:
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Project:
Positioning for a Competitive Electric Industry with PG&E's Hydro-Thermal Optimization Model
Members:
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
California Power Exchange

Team:
Taco Bell Corporation
Project:
An Integrated Labor-Management System for Taco Bell
Members:
Taco Bell
Old Dominion University

Team:
United States Department of Energy
Project:
An Assessment of Tritium Supply Alternatives in Support of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Members:
United States Department of Energy
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