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Results of the 2010 Outstanding Material Handling & Facility Logistics Research Paper Award Competition

The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Outstanding Material Handling & Facility Logistics Research Paper Award. This award was developed by MHIA and CICMHE to recognize excellence in material handling-related research. The 2010 winners were announced on October 5, 2010 during MHIA’s annual meetings.

1st Place
Bartholdi and Hackaman
Allocating Space in a Forward Pick Area of Distribution Center for Small Parts
The paper was published in IIE Transactions, Vol. 40 (2008)

2nd Place
Vis and Roodbergen
Scheduling of Container Storage and Retrieval
The paper was published in Operations Research, Vol. 57, No. 2 (2009)

3rd Place
Batta, Zhang and Nagi
Modeling of Workflow Congestion and Optimization of Flow Routing in a Manufacturing/Warehouse Facility
The paper was published in Management Science, Vol. 41, No. 5 (2009)


Accepting the first place award is one of the authors Dr. Bartholdi (right). Presenting the award to Dr. Bartholdi is Dr. Ogle, Managing Director of CICMHE.

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