Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2004

FIRST PLACE

Team: Motorola Inc.
Paper: Reinventing the Supplier Negotiation Process at Motorola
Laureates:

Rob Harlan - Motorola Inc.

Joshua Kanner - Emptoris, Inc.

Theresa Metty - Motorola Inc.

Tom Moore - Motorola Inc.

Thomas Morris - Motorola Inc.

Kevin Potts - Emptoris, Inc.

Olga Raskina - Emptoris, Inc.

Jeffrey Robbins - Emptoris, Inc.

Quentin Samelson - Motorola Inc.

Avner Schneur - Emptoris, Inc.

Ron Sorenson - Motorola, Inc.

Rina Schneur - Verizon Laboratories

FINALISTS

Team: Bombardier Flexjet
Paper: Bombardier Flexjet Significantly Improves Its Financial Aircraft Ownership Operations
Laureates:

Jacques Desrosiers - HEC

Yvan Dumas - AD OPT Technologies, Inc.

Richard Hicks - Bombardier Aerospace

Mike Kanaley - Flexjet

Benoit Lacroix - AD OPT Technologies, Inc.

Richard Madrid - Flexjet

Chris Milligan - Flexjet

Robert Pruneau - Bombardier Aerospace

Francois Soumis - École Polytechnique

Team: Deere & Company
Paper: Improving Asset Management and Order Fulfillment at Deere & Company's C&CE Division
Laureates:

Martin Barkman - SmartOps Corporation

Alev Kaya - SmartOps Corporation

Yong Liu - SmartOps Corporation

Sean Marshall - Deere & Company

James Smith - Deere & Company

Sridhar Tayur - SmartOps Corporation

Loren Troyer - Deere & Company

Elan Yaniv - Deere & Company

Team: Hongkong International Terminals
Paper: Hong Kong International Terminals Gains Elastic Capacity.....
Laureates:

Herman Chiu - Hong Kong Productivity Council

Kam-Keung Lai - Hong Kong International Terminals

Edmond Leung - Hong Kong International Terminals

Jiyin Liu - Loughborough University

Katta Murty - University of Michigan

Mitchell Tseng - Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Team: Philips Semiconductors
Paper: Philips Electronics Synchronizes Its Supply Chain to End the Bullwhip Effect
Laureates:

John Butler - Ohio State University

Alexander Chebiskov - Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

James Dyer - University of Texas at Austin

Thomas Edmunds - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jianmin Jia - Chinese University of Hong Kong

Alexander Oussanov - Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

Team: OFMD
Paper: Philips Electronics Synchronizes Its Supply Chain to End the Bullwhip Effect
Laureates:

Mathieu Clerkx - Philips Semiconductors

Ton de Kok - Technische University

Fred Janssen - CQM

Winfried Peeters - Philips Semiconductors

Jan van Doremalen - CQM

Erik van Wachem - Philips Semiconductors

Team: Waste Management
Paper: Routing Optimization for Waste Management
Laureates:

Byung-In Kim - Institute of Information Technology, Inc.

Seongbae Kim - Institute of Information Technology, Inc.

Bob Kraas - Waste Management, Inc.

Alexander Popov - Waste Management, Inc.

Surya Sahoo - Institute of Information Technology, Inc.

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.

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