Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) recently announced the results of the 2008-2009 Material Handling Student Design Competition. Each year, the Material Handling Student Design Competition provides student teams with the opportunity to design a manufacturing or distribution facility to support the objectives of a fictional company case study drawn from real-world implementations. The 2008-2009 case was developed by Keogh Consulting.
Competition Case Study Summary Description
This year's case study focuses on a facility design project assigned to Dollar Value Supplies' (DV$) engineering team, a major wholesale Third Party Logistics (3PL) company specializing as a wholesale-distributor to major grocery retailers. DV$ is challenged with the goal to design a distribution center for a nationwide grocery retailer by utilizing an existing facility that is ready for final fit-out by the builder/developer. The case study provided details of the challenge and the companies involved as well as an understanding of the 3PL industry.
Judging
The three academic and three industry judges evaluated the entries according to the criteria of product flow, equipment utilization, space utilization, operational plan, overall integration and economic justification. Additionally, the judges were asked to evaluate writing quality, analysis and presentation.
CICMHE is pleased to announce the following results:
First Place ($1500 split among the team plus $500 for the department):
Syed Hasnain, Akiko Nakata, Cory Smith and Jamie Smith
Virginia Tech
Yasemin Merzifonluoglu, Advisor
Second Place: ($1000 split among the teams plus $500 for each department):
Natasha Jain, Matthew Knepper and Chanpeng Shen
Georgia Institute of Technology
Chen Zhou, Advisor
Third Place: ($500 split among the teams plus $500 for each department):
José Gabriel Rodríguez, Rodrigo Velarde Gonzalez, Huseyin Zorba and Desirae Gilbert
Rochester Institute of Technology
Andres Carrano, Advisor
Honorable Mention:
Nick Burton, David Meschkat, Roger Paredes and Samrat Singh
Texas A&M University
Andrew Johnson, Advisor
CICMHE is an independent organization that prepares and provides information, teaching materials and various events in support of material handling education and research. Founded in 1952, the main body of CICMHE is composed of thirteen college and university educators. Additional members are drawn from material handling equipment manufacturers, distributors, users and consultants, representatives of the business press, and professional staff members of organizations concerned with material handling education. CICMHE encourages research and sponsors educational seminars and training courses. Through its various programs and diverse representation of membership, CICMHE facilitates the interchange of information among concerned individuals in industry, academia and in the user community to aid in improving and implementing material handling education.
Contact: Carol Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) (704) 616-1190/800-345-1815.
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