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DETAIL Symposium Schedule for APRIL 21, 2006

8:30 a.m. Light Refreshments
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:05 a.m. Presentation by Dr. Kenneth R. Chelst, Chair, IME
9:25 a.m. Keynote by Dr. Romesh Saigal, Professor, Univ. of Michigan


10:10 a.m. Oral Presentations-I

Moderators: Dr. Yavuz B. Canbolat and Dr. Bharatendra Rai
 

Dr. Bharatendra Rai on “Customer-rush Near Warranty Expiration Limit and Nonparametric Hazard Rate Estimation from Known Mileage Accumulation Rates”
 

10:25 a.m. Dr. Etienne Musonera on “Spillover Effects on Manufacturing Value-Added (MVA) and Economic Growth Activities”
 

10:40 a.m. Dr. Bimal Nepal on “A methodology for integrating design for quality in modular product design”
 

10:55 a.m. Ramakrishan Govindu on “Multi-Agent Supply Chain Modeling– A Re Usable Component-Based Framework”

11:10 a.m. Break

11:40 a.m. Oral Presentations-II
Moderators: Dr. Etienne Musonera and Dr. Bimal Nepal
Gangaraju Vanteddu on “Supply Chain Focus Dependant 'Supplier Selection Problem'”
 

11:55 a.m. Amy Goldmacher on “The Role of Culture in Managing Change in a Global Automotive Company”
 

12:10 a.m. Oluwafemi Famuyiwa on “An Integrated Framework Matching Product Architecture with Supply Chain Design Policies”
 

12:25 a.m. Akhilesh Kumar on “Psychologically Motivated Clonal Algorithm based Approach to Solve Planning Problem”

12:40 p.m. Lunch break

1:45 p.m. Keynote by Dr. Kurt Godden, Technical Fellow, R&D, General Motors

2:30 p.m. Poster Presentations


 Dr. Yavuz Burak Canbolat on “Optimum Sequential Bidding in Maturing Industries: Implications for Generating Competitive Advantage”
 Cheolsoon Im on “Collaboration intelligence based on shared process with process flow control”
 Ibrahim Dogan on “Supply Chain Modeling with Bayesian Networks”
 Yan Jia on “Optimal Control of Unreliable Production/Inventory Systems with Expediting”
 Jung-Woon Yoo on “RFID Based Business Process Automation for Harbor Operations in Container Depot”
 Yan Guo on “Penalized Surrogate Subgradient Method Based on Lagrangian Relaxation”
 Hatice Ucar on “A particle swarm optimization algorithm for permutation flow shop sequencing problem with the number of tardy jobs criterion”
 Pundarikaksha Baruah on “Impact of Early Forecast Information Sharing on Manufacturers with Capacity Uncertainty”
 

3:30 p.m. Awards and closing remarks
 

(for best Poster and Paper presentation awards winners please click here)