Lean Six Sigma Competition

Sponsored by Tooling Tech Group

Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=8fwmHJ5
Registration Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=ORne27j

The IEOM Lean Six Sigma Competition will recognize outstanding case studies in the area of lean and six sigma. All projects must be presented at the 5th Australian Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Wollongong, Australia during November 24-26, 2026. The projects will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. Winners will receive award certificates. These awards will be presented at the 2026 IEOM Wollongong Awards Ceremony on November 26, 2026.

Eligibility Criteria:

Case study must be related to real-life applications
Practitioners or academicians can join the competition
Papers can be industry projects as part of a course or co-op/internship, or research projects done at the academic institution.
The paper must be presented.

Paper Guidelines:

Authors must follow the IEOM paper guidelines (under Authors menu) since the winning papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Judging:

A group of academics / professionals will serve as judge. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.

Winners:

1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates.