Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1999

FIRST PLACE

Team: IBM
Paper: Extended-Enterprise Supply-Chain Management at IBM Personal Systems Group and Other Divisions
Laureates: Rob Allan - IBM Personal Systems Group
Sugato Bagchi - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Steve Buckley - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Markus Ettl - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Kerry Kim - IBM Personal Systems Group
Grace Lin - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Bret Naccarato - IBM Printing Systems Company
David Yao - Columbia University

FINALISTS

Team: AT&T
Paper: Optimizing Restoration Capacity in the AT&T Network
Laureates: Ken Ambs - AT&T Network Services
Sebastian Cwilich - AT&T Labs
Mei Deng - AT&T Labs
David Houck - Bell Laboratories
David Lynch - AT&T Labs
Dicky Yan - AT&T Network Services
Team: Pantex
Paper: Swords inot Plowshares: Nuclear Weapon Dismantlement, Evaluation, and Maintenance at Pantex
Laureates: James Angelo - Mason and Hanger Corporation
Terry Holeman - Mason and Hanger Corporation
Richard Hopson - Mason and Hanger Corporation
John Hudson - Mason and Hanger Corporation
Dean Jones - Sandia National Laboratories
Edwin Kjeidgaard - Sandia National Laboratories
George List - North Carolina State University
Mark Turnquist - Cornell University
Team: Spicer Off-Highway Products
Paper: Spicer Off-Highway Products Divison-Brugge Improves its Lead-Time and Scheduling Performance
Laureates: Rony Cremmery - Spicer Off-Highway Products
Nicolas De Schuyter - Spicer Off-Highway Products
Marc Lambrecht - Katholieke University
Nico Vandaele - University of Antwerp
Team: Towers Perrin-Tillinghast
Paper: An Asset and Liability Management System for Towers Perrin-Tillinghast
Laureates: Gordon Gould - Towers Perrin-Tillinghast
Clive Morgan - Towers Perrin-Tillinghast
John Mulvey - Princeton University
Team: Visteon Sterling
Paper: Visteon's Sterling Plant Uses Simulation-Based Decision Support in Training, Operations, and Planning
Laureates: Ron Holcomb - Visteon Automotive Systems
Charles Muir - Visteon Automotive Systems
George Pfeil
Shahram Taj - University of Detroit

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