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For Immediate Release

APICS Educational and Research Foundation
Announces Fogarty Student Paper
Competition Winners

Alexandria, VA (November 5, 2003) The APICS Educational and Research (E&R) Foundation recently announced the graduate and undergraduate student winners of the 2003 Donald W. Fogarty International Student Paper Competition.

“Several of the papers described well-developed case studies that applied students’ classroom knowledge to real-world company problems. Students who spend the time and effort to write these papers are better prepared for the challenges facing them in the workplace,” said Rhonda Lummus, Ph.D., CFPIM, CIRM, member of the E&R Foundation board of directors.

First-place winners in the graduate category are Thomas Shoemaker and Robert Davis of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Their paper, “Application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Thinking Processes in a Municipal Water Utility,” describes the application of TOC processes to the maintenance function of a metropolitan water utility. “The results of their study were presented to top department officials, and the first step of a transition plan to make the suggested changes has been implemented,” said Lummus.

Three students from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, Shawn Feist, Katie Barnes, and Lauren Flowers, are the first place winners in the undergraduate category with their article “Waste Elimination through 5 S Implementation at Precision Machine Works, Inc.,” of Tacoma, Washington. The case study of a lean implementation describes how the application of 5 S manufacturing principles can eliminate many forms of non-value-added waste in a company.

The first place winners receive cash compensation and the opportunity to have their papers published in the peer-reviewed Production and Inventory Management Journal, published by APICS—The Educational Society for Resource Management.

Winners are

Graduate First Place
Thomas Shoemaker and Robert Davis
University of New Mexico
Application of the TOC Thinking Processes in a Municipal Water Utility
APICS Region 6

Undergraduate First Place
Shawn Feist, Katie Barnes, and Lauren Flowers
Western Washington University
Waste Elimination through 5 S Implementation at Precision Machine Works, Inc.
APICS Region 10

Graduate Second Place
Jason Morse
Tennessee Technological University
Six Sigma in the Natural Gas Industry: Applying the Six Steps to Six Sigma
APICS Region 12

Undergraduate Second Place
Tim Sweet, Mark Rievaj, Bo Dekker, and Todd Bowman
University of Calgary
Back to Basics: Using Simple Operations Theory to Accomplish a Dramatic Process Improvement
APICS Region 8  

Graduate Third Place
Kimberly McClintock
University of North Carolina—Greensboro
Value Added Supply Chain Management
APICS Region 11

Undergraduate Third Place
Jeff Koga
University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh
Consolidating Warehouse Operations: A Quantitative Analysis of Operational and Financial Feasibility
APICS Region 14

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The APICS Educational and Research Foundation fosters education and development in the field of resource management. By building working relationships between industry practitioners and academicians, the foundation is able to promote applied research on significant real-world industry issues. To learn more about the APICS community, visit www.apics.org.

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