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For Immediate Release

APICS Educational and Research Foundation Announces
Fogarty Student Paper Competition Recipients

Alexandria, VA (November 17, 2005) Enterprise resources planning projects, artificial intelligence, and radio frequency identification were the winning topics in the annual APICS Educational and Research (E&R) Foundation 2005 Donald W. Fogarty International Student Paper Competition. The recipients, graduate and undergraduate students, are honored for their research in the field of operations management.

“The competition requires students, either individually or in teams, to research a topic in depth to learn more about the issues facing operations management professionals. Through these efforts, the E&R Foundation works to expand the thinking of the next generation of business professionals,” said Rhonda Lummus, Ph.D., CFPIM, CIRM, president of the E&R Foundation Board of Directors. “It is important for the foundation to foster students’ awareness of the practical application of operations management principles and encourage them to explore and develop knowledge of the field.”

The 2005 winners are:

Graduate First Place
Baris Bildaci, Charlie Benton, and Zeynep Kundur
University of Houston
Key Factors in ERP Implementation Projects
APICS Region 6

Graduate Second Place (tie)
Tom Glaze
University of Cincinnati
An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Supply Chain Optimization
APICS Region 3

Mariah Gallager and Chien-Hsing Chiu (Ryan)
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Quality Management at BMW
APICS Region 11

Undergraduate First Place
Lucas Stolman and John S.L. Bennett
Central Washington University
Hospitals: Increased Efficiencies Using RFID
APICS Region 10

Undergraduate Second Place
John Blevins, Drew Bechstein, Adam Snyder, James
Sunderhaus, and Amanda Szabo
Bowling Green State University
Buyer-Supplier Relationships
APICS Region 3

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APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals.

The APICS Educational and Research Foundation fosters education development in the field of operations management. By building working relationships between individual practitioners and academicians, the foundation is able to promote applied research to significant real-world industry issues.

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