IEOM Awards

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society recognizes educators, researchers, and professionals for the significant contribution through teaching, research and publication, service, innovation, or leadership in the field of industrial engineering and operations management. Please contact info@ieomsociety.org for further details or sending your nominations to IEOM Award Committee.

IEOM AWARD RECIPIENTS

IEOM Awards

IEOM Global Diversity Awards
It recognizes a company or an organization for their outstanding human welfare contribution.

IEOM Spirit / Innovation Awards
In Recognition and Appreciation of the Continued Support, Encouragement and Nurturing for Innovation and Commercialization.

IEOM Distinguished Educator Awards
It recognizes an individual’s contributions for their outstanding lifelong contribution, dedication, support, and services in education in the profession of industrial engineering and operations management profession.

IEOM Distinguished Industry Awards
The IEOM Distinguished Industry Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the profession of industrial engineering and operations management.

IEOM Distinguished Service Awards
It recognizes an individual’s contributions who have distinguished themselves through lifelong professional support and service in the profession of industrial engineering and operations management.

IEOM Outstanding Researcher Awards
It recognizes an individual’s contributions who have distinguished themselves through exceptional research contribution and achievements in the field of industrial engineering and operations management.

IEOM Outstanding Teaching Awards
It recognizes an individual’s contributions who have distinguished themselves through exceptional teaching and learning in the field of industrial engineering and operations management.

IEOM Industry Solutions Awards
In Recognition and Appreciation of Outstanding Achievements, Dedication and Leadership in Industry Practices and Service & Support in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Profession.

IEOM Global Engineering Education Awards
In Recognition and Appreciation of Outstanding Achievements, Service and Dedication in Global Engineering Education in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Profession.

IEOM Woman in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Awards
In Recognition and Appreciation of Outstanding Service in the Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Profession.

IEOM Outstanding Track Chair Awards
The IEOM Outstanding Track Chair Award recognizes outstanding support and service for the leadership in managing all activities for the track.

IEOM Ambassador Awards
It recognizes an individual’s contributions for their outstanding support and encouragement to promote IEOM initiatives.

Outstanding Service Awards
It recognizes an individual’s contributions for their outstanding support and services in the profession of industrial engineering and operations management.

Outstanding Student Awards
The IEOM Outstanding Student Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the field of industrial engineering and operations management.

IEOM Student Chapter Awards
Gold, Silver and Bronze

IEOM Professional Chapter Awards
Gold, Silver and Bronze

Student Paper Competition Winner Awards
The IEOM Student Paper Competition will recognize outstanding papers in the field of industrial engineering and operations management written by student(s).

Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Awards: The IEOM Undergraduate Student Paper competition Award recognizes outstanding papers written by undergraduate students in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
Graduate Student Paper Competition Awards: The IEOM Graduate Student Paper competition Award recognizes outstanding papers written by graduate students in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
Senior Design Project Competition Awards: The IEOM Senior Design Project Competition Award recognizes outstanding senior design project/ final year project in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
Doctoral Dissertation Awards: The IEOM Best Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
Masters Thesis Competition Awards: The IEOM Masters Thesis Award recognizes outstanding masters thesis in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
Undergraduate Research Presentation Competition Awards: The IEOM Undergraduate Research Presentation Competition Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate research presentation in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
High School STEM Project Competition Awards: The IEOM High School STEM Project Competition Award recognizes outstanding STEM projects presented by High School students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Simulation and PLM Competition Award: The IEOM Simulation and PLM Competition Award recognizes outstanding simulation and product lifecycle management project presentations in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
Best Poster Awards: The IEOM Best Poster Awards recognize the best poster presentations at the IEOM Conference.

Best Track Paper Awards
Best paper award recognizes outstanding paper for each track.

IEOM 2017 Award Recipients
April 12, 2017 (Sofitel Rabat Hotel)

IEOM Global Diversity Award

Virsmousil Tanger, Tangier, Morocco

IEOM Global Manufacturing Award

SIEMENS PLM

IEOM STEM Award

Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, California, USA

IEOM High School/Middle School STEM Project Awards

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School. San Jose, CA, USA
Joseph Jang, Monta Vista High School, San Jose, CA, USA
Zonghuan Li, San Mateo High School, San Mateo, CA, USA
Timothy Liu, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA, USA
Hyunjun Min, Jiho Shin, Jaeho Choi, and Hohyun Lee, Data Science Lab, Paul Math School, Goesan County, Korea

IEOM Distinguished Educator Awards

Dr. Brian Denton, Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
MI, USA and President of INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
Dr. Kevin Smith, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, Associate Professor of Computer Science, School of Science and Engineering, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Joe E. Amadi-Echendu, Professor, Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa and Director, Institute of Engineering Technology and Innovation Management, UNIPORT
Dr. Suk-Hwan Suh, Professor and Director of Center for Ubiquitous Manufacturing, Dean of Graduate School of Engineering Mastership, POSTECH: Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
Prof. Adagbonyin Obiazi, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria and President, AEDC
Professor Mohamed Essaaidi, ENSIAS College of Engineering – Director (Dean), Mohamed V University and IEEE Morocco Section Past Chair & Founder (2004)
Dr. Hesham K. Alfares, Chairman and Professor, Systems Engineering (SE) Department, College of Computer Sciences & Engineering (CCSE), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

IEOM Distinguished Industry Awards

Mr. Hakim ABDELMOUMEN, President of AMICA (Moroccan Association for Automotive Industry and Trade)
Mr. Taoufiq ABBAD ANDALOUSS, Director General, Virsmousil Tanger, Morocco
Mr. Bas van Dijk, Account Manager, Siemens PLM Software, Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Dr. Othmane Benmoussa, Consultant in Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Business Sustainability and Part-Time Faculty in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Mouna Al Ibrahimi, Supply Chain, OE & Commercialization Manager, MENA, The Coca-Cola Company, Rabat, Morocco
Mohammed Nidar BAKKALI, Logistics Manager at Renault Nissan Tangier Plant, Morocco

IEOM Outstanding Researcher Awards

Dr. Mohammed Boulmalf, Professor & Dean of the Computer Science, International University of Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Mohd Nazri Ismail, Associate Professor, National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM)

IEOM Teaching Excellence Awards

Dr. María Jesús Sáenz
Director of the Zaragoza Logistics Center, Spain
Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program
Director of the Behavioral SCM research group
Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

IEOM Distinguished Service Awards

Dr. Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Virgilio Cruz-Machado, Head of Department at Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, New University of Lisbon, Portugal and President – Portuguese Institute of Industrial Engineering (IPEI)
Bhaskar Bhaskar, Chairman, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India
Kavitha Prabhu, General Manager- ASQ MEA, World Trade Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
General Tan Sri Ismail Jamaluddin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Weststar Aviation Services (WAS), Aviation Services – Offshore Helicopter Services
Dr. Charles Chen, Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, California, United States

IEOM Industry Solutions Awards

Ananth Rangarajan, Flipkart Internet Private Ltd., Bangalore, India

IEOM Spirit / Innovation Award

Play Academy (Laila Berchane, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Casablanca, Morocco)

IEOM Entrepreneurship Award

Ms. Iman Youssef, CEO, Amour Fragrance and CEO, Best Canadian Liquidation (BCL), LaSalle, Ontario, Canada

IEOM Global Engineering Education Awards

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Egon Müller
Director Institute of Industrial Sciences and Factory Systems
Chemnitz University of Technology
Chemnitz, Germany

Professor Youssef Benadada
Head of Operational Research and Logistics (ROL)
Head of the Department of Informatics and Decision Support (IAD)
Coordinator of the e-Logistics Engineering (IeL)
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique et d’Analyse des Systèmes (ENSIAS)
Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco

Dr. Antonio Henriques de Araujo Junior
Professor
Department of Production Engineering
College of Technology
State University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil

Dr. Rezg Nidhal
Professor of University
Director of LGIPM Laboratory (Laboratoire de Génie Industriel, de Production et de Maintenance)
Director of Training and Research Unit (MIM)
University of Lorraine
Metz, France

IEOM Outstanding Service Awards

Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI)
Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco

Dr. Loubna Benabbou
Professor of Industrial Engineering
The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI)
Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco

Dr. Said Elfezazi
Professor
Department of Instrumental Techniques and Quality Control
Higher School of Technology
Research Team Lead in Industrial Engineering
Cadi Ayyad University
Marrakech, Morocco

Dr. Charles Mbohwa
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Department of Quality and Operations Management
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Indonesia

Dr. Abdul Hakim Halim
Professor
Manufacturing Systems Research Group
Department of Industrial Engineering
Bandung Institute of Technology
Bandung, INDONESIA

IEOM Woman in Industry and Academia Award

Dr. Ilham Kissani

Engineering & Management Science

School of Science & Engineering

Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

Dr. Tagwa Ahmed Musa

Dean and Associate Professor

College of Petroleum Engineering and Technology

Sudan University of Science and Technology

Khartoum, Sudan

IEOM Appreciation Awards

Mr. Mohamed Lamghari

Senior Consultant

AMICA (Moroccan Association for Automotive Industry and Trade)

Rabat, Morocco

Dr. Ali Mostafaeipour

Industrial Engineering Department

Yazd University

Yazd, Iran

Outstanding Track Chair Awards

Dr. Bernardo Villarreal

Universidad de Monterrey

Mexico

– Lean and Six Sigma

Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi

Mehrastan University

Gilan, Iran

– Transportation and Traffic

IEOM Outstanding Student Awards

Sarah Namany, Student at Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

Lahcen Mifdal, Laboratory of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Production – LGIPM, University of Lorraine, Metz, France

Outstanding Student Chapter Award

Gold
India

Silver
Morocco

Bronze
South Africa
EMI

Outstanding Professional Chapter Award

Gold
Ethiopia

Silver
Iran

Bronze
Bangladesh / Azerbaijan

Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Awards Sponsored by SIEMENS

1^st Place sent
ID 126 A Continuous Improvement Project to Increase Fulfillment Level in a Wire Company

Mitzary Elizabeth Chavero Hidalgo, Yaneth Alejandra Santos Muñiz, Alan Javier Corral De León, Fernando González Aleu, Jesus Vazquez, Teresa Verduzco-Garza and Jose A. Lozano, Department of Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

2^nd Place sent
ID 546 Developing a Mobile Health Application ”I.Diabetic” for Type 1 Diabetic Kids

Rawan Al-Shatti and Suat Kasap, Industrial Engineering Department, American University of the Middle East – AUM, Egaila, Kuwait

3^rd Place sent
ID 036 Improving On-Time Delivery Eliminating Routing Waste: A Case Study

Ilse-Valeria Benavides-Peña, Valeria Garza-Amaya, Cecilia Garza-Madero and Bernardo Villarreal, Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL 66238, Mexico

Graduate Student Paper Competition Awards sponsored by EATON Corporation

1^st Place
ID 013 Bibliometric Analysis of Research in Continuous Improvement Projects in Hospitals

Fernando Gonzalez Aleu, Department of Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, 66238, Mexico

Eileen M. Van Aken, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, U.S.A.

Heather Keathley-Herring, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.

Doctoral Dissertation Awards

1^st Place sent
ID 311 A Strategic Approach to Effectively Manage Supplier Quality within the Construction Industry

Rufaidah AlMaian, Kuwait University, Kuwait

2^nd Place sent
ID 055 An Empirical Investigation of Critical Success Factors for Continuous Improvement Projects in Hospitals

Fernando Gonzalez Aleu, UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY, Mexico

3^rd Place sent
ID 550 Topological Analysis of Project Risks Network: A Case of Rabat Tramway Project

Younes Bourass, Mohammadia Engineering School, Morocco

Undergraduate Research Presentation Competition Awards

1^st Place sent
ID 379 Bone Phosphate Lime – Sampling Method

Wiam Aissaoui, School of Science and Engineering, Al Akhawayn University of Ifrane, Ifrane, 48075, Morocco

2^nd Place sent
ID 580: Superiority of Sanskrit Language in Tele Communication & Computing

Shashank Mani Tripathi, Institute of Engineering & Technology, Bundelkhand University Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Senior Design Project Competition Awards

1^st Place
Aymane Eddahmani, Savonius Vertical Wind Turbine: Design and Simulation, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

Basma Belarhzal, Air Treatment Using Misting Technology, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

2^nd Place

Ayad Ibtihal, DMAIC Implementation for Logistics Process Reengineering in a Sorting Center, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI), Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Hoor Jalo, Depollution of Olive Mill Wastewater, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

3^rd Place
Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, Traffic Sign Evaluation and Redesign of Typeface in Saudi Arabia, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Oumayma Grine, Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Window Constraints and Clustering, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

El Quissoumi Zaineb, Optimization with the time, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

High School/Middle School STEM Project Presentation Competition Awards

1^st Place
Statistical JAVA Gaming Simulation

Timothy Liu, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA, USA

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School. San Jose, CA, USA

Joseph Jang, Monta Vista High School, San Jose, CA, USA

2^nd Place
Use Robotics to Simulate Self-Driving Car on SUV Fields

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School and Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, CA, USA

3^rd Place
An Analysis of Powerball and Condition Leading to January Largest Powerball in History

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School, Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, CA, USA

Zonghuan (Jason) Li, San Mateo High School, Morrill Learning Center, San Mateo, CA, USA

High School/Middle School STEM Project Poster Competition Awards

1^st Place

ID 152 Simulate Self-Driving Taxi in Route Tracking

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School, Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, CA, United States

2^nd Place

ID 151 Data Mining- Detect Cheating Pattern

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School, San Jose, CA, USA

Timothy Liu, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA, USA

3^rd Place

ID 500 Predict 2017 NBA Team Winning Percent

Mason Chen, Milpitas Christian School, San Jose, CA, USA

Maggie Lau, Challenger School, San Jose, CA, USA

Simulation and PLM Competition Awards

1^st Place
ID 551 Ergonomic Weightlifting” Competition by using JACK

Ali Al Ramadhan, Abdulrahman Ahmad, Saoud Alotaibi and Suat Kasap, Industrial Engineering Dept., American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

Best Poster Awards

1^st Place
ID 470 Improving the Passive Building Energy Efficiency – Case Study: Office Building in Tetuan City in Northern of Morocco

Abdelmajid El Bouardi, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan, Morocco

Friedrich Sick, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany

Meriem Lebied, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany and Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan, Morocco

2^nd Place
ID 160 The Innovation function within the company: Review of Literature and Attempt of Modeling of the Associated Process

Rime Ettabaa and Driss Bouami, Ecole Mohammedia d’ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco

Elfezazi Said^,ERGI Université cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco

3^rd Place
ID 053 Intellectual Capital and its Measurement

Brahmi Samira, Aitouche Samia and Mouss Mohamed Djamel

Industrial Engineering Department

Batna 2 University, Batna, Algeria

Best Track Papers Awards

Artificial Intelligence

Detection of Steel Surface Defect Based on Machine Learning Using Autoencoder Network (ID 57)

Ehab A. Kholief

Production Engineering Department

Alexandria University

Alexandria, 21614, Egypt

Samy H. Darwish

Electrical Engineering Department

Pharos University

Alexandria, 21614, Egypt

Nashat Fors

Production Engineering Department

Alexandria University

Alexandria, 21614, Egypt

Automation and Control

Design Concept of Day Minus 1 Production Model Using Systems Modeling Language: a Case Study of Hospital Beds Production (ID 94)

Susanto Sudiro

Magister Teknik Mesin, Universitas Pancasila Jakarta

Indonesia

Sha’ri Mohd Yusof

Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Revino, Post Graduate Program

Institut Sains dan Teknologi Nasional Jakarta

Indonesia

Case Studies

Optimizing Durability of the High Performance Nano-Concrete Applying Taguchi Method and Desirability Function (ID 312)

Elahe Abbasi

Office of Standards and Surveys Monitoring

Statistical Centre of Iran

Tehran, Iran

Hamid Reza Pasandideh

Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Kharazmi University

Tehran, Iran

Mostafa zandiyeh

Department of Industrial Management, Accounting and Management Faculty

Shahid Beheshti University

Tehran, Iran

Mohamad Hadi Behboodi

Department of Civil Engineering

Ghazali Higher Education Institute

Qazvin, Iran

Computers and Computing

Getting Model of MVVM pattern from UML Models (ID 366)

Mouad El Omari

MATSI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science,

Mohammed First University

Oujda, 60000, Morocco

Mohammed Erramdani

MATSI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science,

Mohammed First University

Oujda, 60000, Morocco

Saida Filali

MATSI Laboratory, Department of Management,

Mohammed First University

Oujda, 60000, Morocco

Construction Management

Assessment of Financial Condition: A Case Study of Saudi Construction Companies (ID 176)

Naif Turki Ibn-Homaid and Tijani Ibrahim A

Construction Engineering & Management

Civil Engineering Department

King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Decision Sciences

In the framework of the Corporate Social Responsibility: Proposal of a methodology of selection of performance indicators (ID 377)

Samah Elrhanimi

Systems Engineering Laboratory

National School of Applied Sciences Kenitra, Ibn Tofail University

Kenitra, Morocco

Laila El abbadi

Systems Engineering Laboratory

National School of Applied Sciences Kenitra, Ibn Tofail University

Kenitra, Morocco

Abdellah Abouabdellah

Systems Engineering Laboratory

National School of Applied Sciences Kenitra, Ibn Tofail University

Kenitra, Morocco

Energy

Energy Efficiency Evaluation in Petrochemicals Industry (ID 332)

Mohamed Salaheldin

Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University

Alexandria, Egypt

Ahmed Farouk Abdul Moneim

Industrial and Management Engineering

Arab Academy of Science and Technology and Maritime Transport

Alexandria, Egypt

Nashat Fors

Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University

Alexandria, Egypt

Parallel active filter for harmonics reduction in a solar conversion chain connected to the electrical network with nonlinear loads (ID 409)

CHTOUKI Ihssane

PhD Student, Department of Electrical Engineering,

MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT,

Morocco

ZAZI Malika

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,

MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT,

Morocco

Engineering Education

Gamifying the Industrial Engineering Profession (ID 347)

Hasan Darwish

School of Industrial Engineering

North West University

Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa

Visuospatial Abilities Development of Secondary Vocational School Students (ID 40)

Peter Toth

Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineering Education

Obuda University

Nepszinhaz u. 8, H-1081 Budapest, Hungary

Engineering Management

Evaluating the performance of a production line by the Overall Equipment Effectiveness: An approach based on Best Manufacturing Practices (ID 330)

Jamal Fattah, Latifa Ezzine, Zineb Aman, Abdeslam Lachhab

Research Team: Modeling, Control Systems and Telecommunications

Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University

P.O. Box 1120, Zitoune, Meknes 50000, Morocco

Awareness of industries toward implementing Concurrent Engineering (CE) culture. Case Study: Jordanian Industries (ID 345)

Mohammad D. AL-Tahat

Industrial Engineering Department

Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology

Yarmouk University

Irbid 21163, Jordan

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

A Framework for National Innovation Determinants (ID 362)

Siham HAMIDI and Abdelaziz BERRADO

Equipe AMIPS – Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs

Mohamed V University

Avenue Ibn Sina, BP765, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco

Facilities Planning and Management

Systematic Planning Layout and Line Balancing for Improvement in an Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing Plant (ID 415)

Norzima Zulkifli, Ahmad Shah Hizam bin Md Yasir, Faieza Abd. Aziz

Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

University Putra Malaysia

43400 Serdang, Malaysia

Healthcare Systems

Using Ontology as a Decision Support System for Manage Risks in Medicines Supply Chain: Case of Public Hospitals in Morocco (ID 90)

Touria Benazzouz, Abdelwahed Echchtabi and Abdelkabir Charkaoui

University Hassan 1st , Laboratory of Mechanics, Industrial Management and Innovation,

FST Settat, Morocco
Human Factors and Ergonomics

Employee’s clustering based on the Big Five Model in a fitness franchising (ID 38)

Anderson Bertarello Fernandes and Michel José Anzanello

Department of Production Engineering and Transportation

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Av. Osvaldo Aranha 99, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-190 Brazil

Guilherme Luz Tortorella and Carlos Ernani Fries,

Department of Production and Systems Engineering

Federal University of Santa Catarina

Campus Trindade, C.P. 476, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil

Lean and Six Sigma

Effect of Manufacturing Activities on Lean – Green Management Integration (ID 131)

Lamyaa Mohammed Dawood, Production Engineering and Metallurgy, Department/IE Division, University of Technology / Baghdad

Zuher Hassan Abdullah, Department/ Mechanical Technologies, Technical Institute of Babylon

Lean deployment in SMEs, performance improvement and success factors: A case study (ID 308)

Amine Belhadi

Industrial Engineering Research Team,

Higher School of Technology, Safi

Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

Fatima Ezzahra Touriki

Department of Industrial Engineering

National School of Applied Sciences, Safi

Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

Said El fezazi

Industrial Engineering Research Team,

Higher School of Technology, Safi

Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

Logistics Management

Simulation Analyzes Material Handling Requirements for a Major Automotive Supplier (ID 162)

Gabriel Carreño, Dinesh Patlolla, and Edward J. Williams

Department of Simulation Analysis

PMC

Dearborn, MI 48126, USA

Manufacturing and Design

Application of Product Modularity in Industry: a Case Study (ID 460)

Ahm Shamsuzzoha^*, Mahmood Al-Kindi, and Nasr Al-Hinai

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Modeling and Simulation

Diagnosing Causes of Coal Power Plant Energy Losses Using Bayesian Belief Network (ID 486)

Muhamad Iqbal Felani and Ariyana Nugraha

Research of Power Plant and Primary Energy

PT PLN (Persero) Research Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia

Risk Assessment in LPG Loading Operations by Simulation (ID 179)

Maryam Gallab and Mohamed Tkiouat

LERMA, Engineers’ Mohammadia School

Mohammed V-Rabat University, Rabat, Morocco

Hafida Bouloiz

Industrial Engineering Department, LG2I

National School of Applied Sciences, Ibn Zohr University,

Agadir, Morocco

Emmanuel Garbolino

Crisis and Risk research Centre (CRC)

Mines Paris-Tech, PSL University

Sophia Antipolis, France

Operations Management

Relating flexibility of information systems to different planning process styles, information systems architecture and strategy of the organization (ID 173)

Somen Dey

Department of Industrial and Management Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,

Kanpur, India

R.R.K. Sharma

Department of Industrial and Management Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,

Kanpur, India

Operations Research

A Stochastic AHP Method for Bid Evaluation Plans of Military Systems In-Service Support Contracts (ID 35)

Ahmed Ghanmi

Defence Research and Development Canada

Centre for Operational Research and Analysis

Ottawa, Ontario,

Canada, K1A 0K2

New exact method to solve multi-capacitated location problem using set partitioning formulation (ID 466)

Mohammed EL AMRANI

Team ROL

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique et d’Analyse des Systèmes – ENSIAS –

Mohammed V University in Rabat

Madinat Al Irfane, BP 713, Agdal Rabat, MOROCCO

Youssef BENADADA

Team ROL

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique et d’Analyse des Systèmes – ENSIAS –

Mohammed V University in Rabat

Madinat Al Irfane, BP 713, Agdal Rabat, MOROCCO

Bernard GENDRON

Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation – CIRRELT –

Université de Montréal

CP 6128, Succursale Centre-ville

Montréal QC H3C 3J7 CANADA

Production Planning and Management

Managing Changeover Waste in Manufacturing Plants When Using Single Minute Exchange of Dies (ID 59)

Rushil Madhav, Annlize Marnewick and Hannelie Nel

Postgraduate School of Engineering Management

University of Johannesburg

Johannesburg, South Africa

Project Management

Towards an Effective Project Portfolio Selection Process (ID 508)

Ghizlane ELBOK

Research team AMIPS

Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs

Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco

Abdelaziz BERRADO

Research team AMIPS

Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs

Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco

Quality Control and Management

Experimental Analysis of Surface Roughness in CNC Taper Turning of Aluminum 6061 Using Taguchi Technique (ID 46)

Sanchay Gupta, Vimanyu Chadha, Vishal Sardana, Viplav Setia, Ranganath M Singari

Department of Mechanical, Production and Industrial Engineering

Delhi Technological University

New Delhi, 110058, India

The Role of Strategic Quality Planning in Continuous Improvement Efforts (CI) – Case of a Short-Term Insurance Company in South Africa (ID 457)

Sambil Charles Mukwakungu

Department of Quality and Operations Management

University of Johannesburg,

South Africa

Charles Mbohwa

Department of Quality and Operations Management

University of Johannesburg,

South Africa

Reliability and Maintenance

Using FMEA Analysis for Assessing Air Conditioners Remanufacturing Processes (ID 536)

Bashir Salah

King Saud University, KSU, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alkahtani

King Saud University, KSU, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Aiman Ziout

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, UAE University, Al-Ain,

United Arab Emirates

Supply Chain Management

Proposed Performance Evaluation Framework for Assessing and providing Approximate Dimensioning of Supply Chains: Case Study of Public Pharmaceutical Products Supply Chains (ID 507)

Zoubida Chorfi1, Loubna Benabbou2, Abdelaziz Berrado1,

1Equipe AMIPS, 2Equipe MOAD-SCM, Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs,

Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco

Sustainability and Green Systems

Sustainable Distribution Networks Adoption in Moroccan industry: barriers and instigators (ID 136)

Hajar Deqqaq and Abdellah Abouabdellah

Laboratory Systems Engineering, Research team ‘ Modelling and Optimization of the Industrial and logistic Systems ‘ MOSIL, National School of Applied sciences, Ibn Tofail university, Kenitra Morocco

Sustainable Manufacturing

An Environmental Friendly Optimizer for Landscape Design (Envo- Land) (87)

Ossama Hosny

The American University in Cairo (AUC)

Egypt

Transportation and Traffic

Improving Distribution Efficiency to Increase Agility: An Application to a Mexican Company (ID 302)

Bernardo Villarreal, Ilse-Valeria Benavides-Peña, Valeria Garza-Amaya & Cecilia Garza-Madero

Universidad de Monterrey

San Pedro Garza García, N.L., México 66238

Usage of Non-Linear Regression for Modeling the Behavior of Motor Vehicle Crash Fatality (MVF) Rate (ID 438)

Galal M. Abdella

Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC)

Qatar University, Doha – Qatar

Wael Alhajyaseen

Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC)

Qatar University, Doha – Qatar

Khalifa N. Al-Khalifa

Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Qatar University, Doha – Qatar

Abdel Magid Hamouda

Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Qatar University, Doha – Qatar

IEOM Awards

IEOM Awards

IEOM 2017 Award Recipients April 12, 2017 (Sofitel Rabat Hotel)

Best Track Papers Awards

IEOM 2017 Award Recipients
April 12, 2017 (Sofitel Rabat Hotel)