I/UCRC: Collaborative Research: Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution, Phase II

卓越的物流和配送中心（CELDi）IIP-1266013;克莱姆森大学;威廉·费雷尔IIP-1265999;弗吉尼亚理工大学;金伯利·埃利斯这是一项建议，以延长克莱姆森大学和弗吉尼亚理工大学在卓越的物流和配送中心（CELDi）的参与另外五年（第二阶段）。牵头机构是阿肯色州大学（第三阶段），目前还包括俄克拉荷马州州立大学、亚利桑那州密苏里州大学和伯克利加州大学。物流与配送卓越中心（CELDi）是NSF行业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），与其成员组织合作，解决物流和配送中的复杂研究问题。CELDi的使命是通过开发有意义的、创新的、可实施的解决方案，使成员组织能够实现卓越的物流和配送，从而提供可观的投资回报。CELDi通过利用多个资金来源（如单个成员组织，成员组织费用池和NSF的竞争性资金）的杠杆作用和协同作用来实现I/UCRC对高产结果的承诺，以进行具体和一般的基础研究。此外，CELDi为教育物流和配送系统的下一代工程师提供了基础和结构。CELDi有两个重要的更广泛的影响。首先，该中心已经开发了一个在成员设施内进行的应用研究模型，并专注于产生学术相关奖学金的业务问题，并成功地转移结果，以帮助成员实现卓越的物流和配送。二是对学生的影响。该中心已经创建了一些机制，以发展学生的研究技能，包括一对一辅导会议，小组辅导会议，由工业咨询委员会（IAB）判断的最佳海报比赛，并确保学生和IAB之间发生更多的非正式互动配对午餐和圆桌讨论。该中心还打算继续努力，通过积极征聘和吸引来自代表性不足群体的有才华的学生，增加这类学生的人数。

Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) IIP-1266013; Clemson University; William Ferrell IIP-1265999; Virginia Tech; Kimberly Ellis This is a proposal to renew the participation of Clemson University and Virginia Tech in the Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) for another five years (Phase II). The lead institution is the University of Arkansas (Phase III), and at present also includes the Oklahoma State University, the University of Missouri, Arizona State and the University of California, Berkeley. The Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) is an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) that works with its member organizations to address complex research problems in logistics and distribution. The mission of CELDi is to enable member organizations to achieve logistics and distribution excellence by developing meaningful, innovative, and implementable solutions that provide a significant return on investment. CELDi delivers on the I/UCRC promise of high-yield results by exploiting leveraging and synergy in multiple funding sources like individual member organizations, a pool of member organization fees, and competitive funding from the NSF to conduct both specific and generalized, basic research. In addition, CELDi provides the foundation and structure for educating the next generation of engineers in logistics and distribution systems. There are two important broader impacts of CELDi. The first is that the Center has developed a model for applied research conducted within member facilities and focused on operational issues that produce academically relevant scholarship and successfully transfer results to assist the members in achieving logistics and distribution excellence. The second is the impact on students. The Center has created a number of mechanisms to develop student researcher skills including one-on-one mentoring sessions, group mentoring sessions, a best-poster contest judged by the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), and ensuring more informal interactions occur between students and the IAB by pairing for lunch and roundtable discussions. The Center also intends to continue its efforts to increase the pool of talented students from under-represented groups by actively recruiting and engaging such students.