FIRST PLACE
| Team: | SNCF & SABRE Decision Technologies |
| Paper: | Schedule Optimization at SNCF: From Conception to Day of Departure |
| Laureates: |
Nejib Ben-Khedher, SABRE Technology Solutions Josephine Kintanar, SABRE Technology Solutions Ceclie Queille, Societé Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français William Stripling, SABRE Technology Solutions |
FINALISTS
| Team: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Paper: | Hewlett-Packard Uses Operations Research to Improve the Design of a Printer Production Line |
| Laureates: |
Mitchell Burman, Analytics, Inc. Stanley B. Gershwin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Curtis Suyematsu, Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Team: | Nortel |
| Paper: | Nortel Redefines Factory Information Technology: An OR-Driven Approach |
| Laureates: |
Paul A. Brinkley, Northern Telecom David Stepto, Northern Telecom Kristopher R. Haag, Northern Telecom John Folger, Northern Telecom Kui Wang, Northern Telecom Kuanlian Liou, Northen Telecom W. David Carr, Northen Telecom |
| Team: | Pacific Gas & Electric Company |
| Paper: | Positioning for a Competitive Electric Industry with PG&E's Hydro-Thermal Optimization Model |
| Laureates: |
Raymond B. Johnson, California Power Exchange Alva J. Svoboda, Pacific Gas and Electric Company Claudia Greif, PG&E, Utility Electric Supply Department Ali Vojdani, Perot Systems Corporation Fulin Zhuang, PG&E, Transmission Planning |
| Team: | Taco Bell Corporation |
| Paper: | An Integrated Labor-Management System for Taco Bell |
| Laureates: |
Jackie Hueter, Taco Bell Corporation William Swart, Old Dominion University |
| Team: | United States Department of Energy |
| Paper: | An Assessment of Tritium Supply Alternatives in Support of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile |
| Laureates: |
Detlof von Winterfeldt, Decision Insights, Inc. Eric Schweitzer, US Department of Energy |