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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

Design Competition

The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) and Modern Materials Handling Magazine sponsor a national team design competition for students interested in the analysis and design of material handling systems. Since the first design competition was offered during the 1994-1995 academic year, student design teams have developed material handling system designs for manufacturing and warehousing operations. Design problems are typically drawn from the case files of designers and manufacturers of material handling equipment and their end users. The 2007-2008 case was developed by Bastian Material Handling. Cash prizes from CICMHE and Modern Materials Handling Magazine are provided to the top three teams and the academic departments of the team members. See the links below regarding the current design competition and the summaries of the past design competitions.

The 2007-2008 design competition case files are now available in the links below. The case was developed for CICMHE by Bastian Material Handling. Note that the data files are available in either a single Access database file or as individual text files in a comma separated value (CSV) format that may be imported into either a database or spreadsheet.

Case Description and Case Rules

Facility Drawing (Autocad .DWG) and Guide to the Facility Drawing (PowerPoint)

Facility Data Files (in Access, 11MB file)

Facility Data Files (text files in CSV format) of Item Master (2MB), Order Headers (19MB), Order Line Item Detail (35MB), Receipts (4MB)

Judging Guidelines for Design Competition


Summary of Previous Design Competitions and Results

2006-2007 Design Competition Summary

2005-2006 Design Competition Summary

2004-2005 Design Competition Summary

2003-2004 Design Competition Summary

2002-2003 Design Competition Summary

2001-2002 Design Competition Summary

2000-2001 Design Competition Summary

1999-2000 Design Competition Summary

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