US-South Africa Workshop: Operations Research for Global Logistics Involving Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, August 2002

该奖项支持美国-南非计划于2002年8月12-15日在南非比勒陀利亚举办的“全球物流涉及非洲的运营研究”研讨会的10名美国参与者。联合组织者包括佐治亚理工学院工业与系统工程学院的安东·J·克利韦特教授和科学与工业研究委员会信息和通信技术部的汉斯·W·伊特曼先生。总共将有大约30人参加，他们将来自美国、南非共和国、毛里求斯和东南亚的学术、工业和政府组织。研讨会将重点讨论全球物流和供应链问题，重点是涉及非洲的全球物流的运筹学模型和技术。联合组织者希望与会者更好地了解第一世界和第三世界物流问题之间的异同，以及解决这些问题的不同技术的有用性。将实地考察约翰内斯堡/比勒陀利亚/米德兰地区的后勤设施。讲习班的一个主要目标是在美国和南非共和国的物流界之间建立联系，以发展合作研究和教育方案。世界其他地区的大多数物流专家对非洲独特的物流挑战知之甚少。例如，南非的物流系统可以说是多种多样的，但它的基础设施却很脆弱。研讨会参与者将分享有关供应链管理的进展和物流运筹学研究应用的信息。他们还将确定与非洲有关的、对全球物流最相关和最重要的运筹学问题。会议的结果预计将确定美国调查人员目前没有遇到的新的研究问题。此外，非洲研究人员和从业者将接触到新的技能和工具，他们可以用来解决一些后勤问题。讲习班成果将通过乔治理工学院后勤研究所的网页(网址：http://www.tli.gatech.edu，)以及CD-R光盘传播。该项目支持来自美国的五名初级研究人员参与。国际科学与工程办公室和设计、制造和工业创新司共同支持这一奖项。

0218033KleywegtThis award supports 10 US participants in a US-South Africa Workshop on "Operations Research for Global Logistics Involving Africa," scheduled for August 12-15, 2002, in Pretoria, South Africa. The co-organizers are Professor Anton J. Kleywegt, with the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Mr. Hans W. Ittmann, in the Information and Communication Technology Department at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. There will be a total of approximately 30 participants, who will be drawn from academic, industrial, and governmental organizations in the United States, the Republic of South Africa, Mauritius, and South East Asia. The workshop will focus on global logistics and supply chain issues, with an emphasis on operations research models and techniques for global logistics involving Africa. The co-organizers expect the participants to develop a better understanding of the similarities and differences between first-world and third-world logistics problems, as well as the usefulness of different techniques for addressing these problems. Site visits will be made to logistics facilities in the Johannesburg/Pretoria/Midrand region. A major goal of the workshop is to establish linkages between the logistics communities in the United States and the Republic of South Africa for the development of collaborative research and education programs. Most logisticians throughout the rest of the world know little about Africa's unique logistics challenges. For example, South Africa's logistics system can be characterized as heterogeneous, yet it has a fragile infrastructure. Workshop participants will share information about advances in supply chain management and operations research applications in logistics. They will also identify those operations research problems involving Africa that are the most relevant and important to global logistics. Results of the meeting are expected to identify new research problems not presently encountered by US investigators. Additionally, the African researchers and practitioners will be exposed to new skills and tools that they can use to address some of their logistics problems. Workshop results will be disseminated through the web page of The Logistics Institute at George Tech, at http://www.tli.gatech.edu, as well as by CD-R copies. The project supports the participation of five junior investigators from the United States.The Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation jointly support this award.