Organizing Committee:
Uday
Karmarkar
University of California, Los Angeles
Karl
Kempf
Intel
Hubert
Missbauer
University of Innsbruck
Reha
Uzsoy
North Carolina State University
Clay
Whybark
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jacob
Wijngaard
University of Groningen
Workshop Objectives
The critical role of planning production and inventories for the coordination of the supply chain has been well recognized since the field's inception in the 1950s. The emergence of the global economy has rendered effective planning even more critical to the success of a firm. However, despite the development of a multibillion-dollar software industry in the 1990s, the field is still dominated by the linear programming and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) approaches that date back to the 1960s.
In recent years, a number of new approaches have been proposed in both academia and industry, driven by the rapid developments in computing and data collection technology on the one hand, and the recognition of limitations in the classical approaches on the other. The aim of this workshop is to bring together a group of leading researchers and practitioners from around the world to assess the current state of the field, suggest directions for future research and discuss how to translate research more effectively into industrial practice. Sessions will involve two 45-minute presentations from area experts.
Plenary Speakers:
Uday Karmarkar, LA Times Professor of Technology and Strategy, Anderson School of Business, UCLA
Ken Fordyce, Senior Decision Scientist, IBM Systems and Technology Group
Session Topics:
·
MRP and its Legacy
·
Optimization Models -
Classical Approaches
·
Optimization Models -
New Approaches
·
Links to the Shop
Floor and Distribution
·
Implementation
Challenges
·
The Role of ERP and APS
·
Research Frontiers
There
is no registration fee but number of participants will be limited.