Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2001

FIRST PLACE

Team: Merrill Lynch
Paper: Pricing Analysis for Merrill Lynch Integrated Choice
Laureates: Stuart Altschuler - Merrill Lynch Management
Donna Batavia - Merrill Lynch Management
Jeff Bennett - Merrill Lynch Management
Russ Labe - Merrill Lynch Management
Bonnie Liao - Merrill Lynch Management
Raj Nigam - Merrill Lynch Management
Je Oh - Merrill Lynch Management

FINALISTS

Team: General Motors Corporation
Paper: A Multimethod Approach for Creating New Business Models: The General Motors OnStart Project
Laureates: Vince Barabba - General Motors
Fred Cooke - General Motors
Chet Huber - General Motors
Mark Paich - Decisio
Nick Pudar - General Motors
Jim Smith - General Motors
Team: Jan de Wit Company
Paper: Optimization of the Production Planning and Trade of Lily Flowers at Jan de Wit Company
Laureates: Jose Vicente Caixeta-Filho - Universidade de São Paulo
Antonio de Pádua Wagemaker - Wagemaker Consultoria Ltda.
Jan Maarten van Swaay-Neto - Interativa S/C Ltda.
Team: NBC
Paper: NBC's Optimization Systems Increase Revenues and Productivity
Laureates: Srinivas Bollagragada - General Electric
Hong Chen - General Electric
Marc Garbiras - General Electric
Tim Gibbs - NBC
Mark Humphresville - NBC
Mary Phillips - General Electric
Michael Scholes - NBC
Team: Samsung
Paper: SLIM: Short Cycle Time and Low Inventory in Manufacturing at Samsung Electronics
Laureates: Jeenyoung Kang - IBM Korea, Inc.
Robert Leachman - University of California at Berkeley
Vincent Lin - Leachmen and Associates LLC
Team: USAREC
Paper: Reinventing Army Recruiting
Laureates: Rick Ayer - U.S. Army
Robert Butchers - U.S. Army
Robert Fancher - U.S. Army
Gregory Hoscheit - U.S. Army
James Knowles - U.S. Army
Kevin Lyman - U.S. Army
Greg Parlier - U.S. Army
Surya Sahoo - U.S. Army

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.