GOALI: Manufacturing Logistics Optimization Problems

9809479储存商这项拨款是透过为工业实习学院而设的学术联系机会资助计划(GOALI)提供资助。这位实习生将与Air Products and Chemical Inc.的决策科学组进行联合研究。研究重点将放在制造业物流上，主要是在供应链整合、分销和资源分配领域。许多公司都面临着与以具有成本效益的方式生产和向客户分销产品相关的挑战性问题，包括Air Products。这类问题的解决方案对Air Products的财务成功和实习生的研究兴趣都至关重要。特别令人感兴趣的问题包括由动态和不可预测的商业环境造成的复杂因素。这些问题通常很大、很复杂，并且包含随机分量。该项目的一个主要目标是在利哈伊大学制造物流研究所(MLI)和Air Products决策科学小组的教职员工和学生之间建立长期的关系。这位实习生与Air Products密切合作，希望定义长期研究问题，作为继续合作的基础，并提供一些有用的短期结果。寻找合作研究机会将有助于与Air Products建立牢固的工作关系，并将为制造物流学院的学生和教职员工提供重要的教育经验和研究机会。Air Products将受益于其竞争优势关键领域的更多专业知识。如果成功，该项目最终将产生普遍感兴趣的研究成果。预计供应链集成和在动态和随机环境中解决优化问题方面的进展。

9809479 Storer This grant provides funding through the Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) initiative for Faculty in Industry Internship. The faculty intern will conduct joint research with the Decision Sciences Group at Air Products and Chemicals Inc. Research will focus on manufacturing logistics, primarily in the areas of supply chain integration, distribution, and resource allocation. Challenging problems associated with the production and distribution of product to customers in a cost efficient manner face many firms, including Air Products. Solutions for these types of problems are central to both the financial success of Air Products and the research interests of the faculty intern. Of particular interest are problems that include complicating factors caused by a dynamic and unpredictable business environment. These problems are typically large, complex, and contain stochastic components. A primary goal of the project is to foster a long-term relationship between faculty and students of the Manufacturing Logistics Institute (MLI) at Lehigh University and the Decision Sciences group at Air Products. Working closely with Air Products, the faculty intern hopes to define long-term research issues as the basis for continuing collaboration, as well as providing some useful short-term results. Identifying collaborative research opportunities will help develop a strong working relationship with Air Products, and will provide significant educational experiences and research opportunities to the students and faculty of the Manufacturing Logistics Institute. Air Products will benefit from additional expertise in areas key to their competitive advantage. If successful, the project will ultimately lead to research results of generic interest. Advances in supply chain integration and in solving optimization problems in a dynamic and stochastic environment are anticipated.