MHIA announces winners of 2006 research paper awards

First place paper examines throughput in carousels and vertical lift modules.

-- Modern Materials Handling, 10/9/2006

Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) and the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) recently announced the winners of the biennial Outstanding Material Handling Research Paper Award. A committee of academics and professionals associated with MHIA judged entries based on several factors, including potential impact on materials handling practice and innovative use of research methods.

The winners include:

First Place:
    R. Meller and J. Klote
    A throughput model for carousel/VLM pods
    IIE Transactions, 2004, 36 (8), 725-741.

Second Place:
    J. Bartholdi and K. Gue
    The best shape for a crossdock
    Transportation Science, 2004, 38 (2), 235-244.

Third Place:
    M. Lahmar and S. Benjaafar
    Design of distributed layouts
    IIE Transactions, 2005, 37 (4), 303-318.

Honorable Mention:
    G. Meng and S. Heragu
    Batch size modeling in a multi-item, discrete manufacturing system via an open queuing network
    IIE Transactions, 2004, 36 (8), 743-753.

    J. Bartholdi and D. Eisenstein
    Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines
    Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2005, 7 (2), 121-129.

MHIA encourages nominations for the 2008 awards. The organization will make a call for nominations in early 2008 for consideration of papers published in scientific journals, proceedings of scientific events and as chapters of edited books between January 2006 and December 2007.