Franz Edelman Academy: Class of 2005

FIRST PLACE

Team:
General Motors Corporation
Project:
General Motors Increases Its Production Throughput
Members:
General Motors Corporation
Oregon State University
Soar Technology Inc.

FINALIST

Team:
Nanzan Educational Complex
Project:
An OR/MS Approach to Managing Nanzan Gaskuen (Nanzan Educational Complex): From the Strategic to the Daily Operational Level
Members:
Nanzan University

Team:
Olympic Games
Project:
PLATO Helps Athens Win Gold: Olympic Games Knowledge Modeling for Organizational Change and Resource Management
Members:
Athens University of Economics and Business
Olympic Organizing Committee
University of Manchester

Team:
Procter & Gamble Company
Project:
Changing the Game in Strategic Sourcing at Procter & Gamble: Expressive Competition Enabled by Optimization
Members:
Procter & Gamble Company
CombineNet, Inc.

Team:
Swift & Company
Project:
A Scheduling and Capable-to-Promise Application for Swift & Company
Members:
Swift & Company
Aspen Technology
River Logic

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Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Interfaces features the Edelman papers! Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects.

Edelman Award Videos

View the 2012, 2011, and 2010 Edelman Award presentations for outstanding examples of difference-making OR/MS and advanced analytics in practice in the INFORMS Video Learning Center.

 Other years' presentations available for order on DVD.