Education > E&R Foundation > Competitions > DWF > 2006 Winners

Graduate First Place
Tobin Turner
Clemson University
The Key to Toyota’s Success:  Effective Organizational Learning
Prize $1,000

Undergraduate First Place
Mathew Gordon
University of Dayton
CPFR: The Sharing of Information within a Supply Chain
Prize $1,000

Graduate Second Place
Ryan Leathers, Kanwarpreet Dang and Sirkanth Sabbineni
Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
Operations in Emerging Markets: China
Prize $500

Undergraduate Second Place
Charlie Becker, Jacques Colbert, Josh Hardel, Nikki Kolosso and Andy Lichterman
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
How to Retain Clients: A Study On Improving Delivery Reliability in the Steel Industry.
Prize $500

Graduate Third Place
Dean E. Young
Auburn University, Montgomery
The Impact on Supply Chain due to Government Mandated Material Restrictions in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry
Prize $250

Undergraduate Third Place
Adam Roy
University of Tennessee at Martin
Applying Lean Management to the US Army Quartermasters
Leading New Ideas for Future Growth
Prize $250

A special thank you to the society level judges who spent many hours evaluating the papers.

Paul Bacigalupo
James Chisholm
Gene Crepeau, CFPIM, CIRM
Diane Easley, CFPIM, CIRM
Roger Harris, CFPIM, CIRM
Gerald Kilty
Debbie Majeski CPIM
Joy Montgomery
Patrick Sedillo
Michael D. Sheahan, CFPIM, CIRM
Doug Stevens, CFPIM, CIRM
Robert Vokurka, Ph.D., CFPIM, CIRM
Bill T. Walker, CFPIM, CIRM
Hank Zoeller