February
11-15, 2000. A team from the Keck Lab (PhD candidate Wen-Chih Chen, Dr.
Govindaraj, Dr. Griffin, Dr. McGinnis, and Dr. Sharp) attended ProMat 2001,
the biannual material handling trade show sponsored by MHIA. We presented a
new systems-based approach to assessing warehouse performance, and an on-line
self-assessment tool.
December
18-20, 2000. Dr. U Yee Hsun, Dr. Peter Lindermann, and Mr. Goh Kiah Mok
visited the Keck Lab, from the Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology
in Singapore. They gave two talks on Gintic research and development activities.
We are collaborating on a project to develop methods and software for distributed
modeling and simulation of supply chains.