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For Immediate Release

APICS E&R Foundation Announces Fogarty Student Paper Competition Winners

Alexandria, VA (December 17, 2004) Radio frequency identification (RFID), warehouse location selection, and the appliance and electronics supply chain top the list of winning topics in the APICS Educational and Research (E&R) Foundation 2004 Donald W. Fogarty International Student Paper Competition. The annual competition fosters the professional development of graduate and undergraduate students in the field of operations management.

“By supporting research, the Fogarty competition encourages students to identify and analyze concepts and processes from the real-world, expanding their in-class education and enabling them to apply research to achieve practical solutions,” said James R. Chisholm, member of the E&R Foundation Board of Directors.

First-place winners in the graduate category are Yoshitaka Shimakawa of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and Vicki Henderson Rouse of Miami University. Shimakawa’s paper, “Warehouse Location: A Case Study in an Airbag Manufacturing Company,” analyzes logistical information, including cost and service, for optimal site location for a warehouse in the automotive parts industry. Rouse’s paper, “An Analysis of the Consumer Appliances and Electronics Supply Chain,” examines the complex web of buyers and sellers that make up the consumer and electronics supply relationship. Rouse researched and analyzed standard-setting companies in supply chain management.

The first place winner in the undergraduate category is Amanda Pinkston, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Indianapolis. In the paper, “RFID: An Analysis of a Controversial Technology,” Pinkston concludes that benefits to consumers, retailers, and others using the technology outweigh perceived negatives such as privacy and ethical issues.

Winners are

Graduate First Place (tie)
Yoshitaka Shimakawa
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Warehouse Location: A Case Study in an Airbag Manufacturing Company
APICS Region 11

Vicki Henderson Rouse
Miami University
An Analysis of the Consumer Appliances and Electronics Supply Chain
APICS Region 3

Undergraduate First Place
Amanda Pinkston
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Indianapolis
RFID: An Analysis of a Controversial Technology
APICS Region 13

Undergraduate Second Place
Kelly M. Socia Jr.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Reducing Waste with Lean Software Development: No Sit-ups Involved
APICS Region 2

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