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Russell D. Meller, Center and Site Director University of Arkansas Olivier Cadet, CELDi IAB Chair

Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution. Russell D. Meller, Center and Site Director University of Arkansas Olivier Cadet, CELDi IAB Chair Air Liquide Steve Georgevitch, CELDi IAB Vice Chair Boeing Company Josh Malone, Center Coordinator University of Arkansas.

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Russell D. Meller, Center and Site Director University of Arkansas Olivier Cadet, CELDi IAB Chair

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  1. Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution Russell D. Meller, Center and Site Director University of Arkansas Olivier Cadet, CELDi IAB Chair Air Liquide Steve Georgevitch, CELDi IAB Vice Chair Boeing Company Josh Malone, Center Coordinator University of Arkansas March 2012

  2. CELDi is a university-based enterprise providing innovative solutions for logistics and distribution excellence with our member organizations. What is CELDi?

  3. What is CELDi? CELDi is a university-based enterprise providing innovative solutions for logistics and distribution excellence with our member organizations. • Eight major research universities • More than 25 member organizations from commercial, military and government sectors of the economy

  4. What is a CELDi Partnership? University of California Berkeley Virginia Tech University of Missouri University of Arkansas

  5. NSF I/UCRC: Mission and Vision Mission: To contribute to the nation’s research infrastructure base by developing long-term partnerships among industry, academe and government Vision: To expand the innovation capacity of our nation’s competitive workforce through partnerships between industries and universities Advantage: NSF support covers overhead that member organizations would typically contribute

  6. CELDi Mission: CELDi has the mission of enabling member organizations to achieve logistics and distribution excellence by delivering meaningful, innovative and implementable solutions that provide a return on investment. CELDi in-context projects achieve: Solving real problems that achieve bottom-line impact Graduating students with real-world project experience Sharing research results amongst member organizations to leverage intellectual and monetary capital Producing generalized, cutting-edge research that is published in leading journals

  7. A CELDi Project offers: Develop your in-context project to solve your problems Member employees collaborate directly with university research teams Gain direct access to other CELDi students and researchers Benefit from shared research solutions and tools Member employees enhance their career development with CELDi

  8. CELDi Provides Return on Investment Air Liquide, Inc. and Virginia Tech Bulk Tank Allocation Project Olivier Cadet and Sachin JainAir LiquideKimberly Ellis, HanifSherali, Lance Saunders, David Shao, and Charlie CrawfordVirginia Tech Presented at CELDi Conference Fort Worth, TX October 2010

  9. Additional Benefits of CELDi Membership Meeting Attendance: Student interaction Exposure to new research Managerial short courses Peer networking Center-Designated Project (CDP) selection Center-Designated Project (CDP) Deliverables Access to IP on All Projects

  10. CELDi Industrial Advisory Board Meetings • Biannual • Spring- CDP Selection • Fall – Project Review & Manager’s Workshop • Located in major hub city • Rotation schedule: • Dallas – Fall 2012 • Denver –Spring 2013 • Chicago – Fall 2013 • Atlanta – Spring 2014

  11. Reasons to Attend CELDi IAB Meetings: Network with industry thought leaders Gain expertise in your field Recruitment Gain access to large pool of students with project experience Attend CELDi short courses CELDi Provides Return on Investmentfor your time

  12. What some IAB members attending 2010 meeting had to say about the value of CELDi meetings: “I was impressed by the quantity and quality of the projects. I found two other projects that we can likely take advantage of in our company.” “I took away 4-5 potential ideas to go forward with to the company.” “I found four things to take back that will require us to think outside of the box.” “Really enjoyed the speaker’s talk - spoke to leadership.” CELDi Provides Return on Investmentfor your time

  13. Helping Green Belts Use What They Know  Logistics Network Design for Less-than-Truckload Consolidation Tool Data-Driven Adaptive Forecasting/Inventory Control with FIAT      Merging Mobile Robotics and RFID Technologies for an Automated Asset Locating System An Intermittent Demand Forecasting Tool         Improve Inventory Accuracy through Optimal Cycle Counting Tool     CELDi Center-Designated Projects Current Center-Designated Projects: • Improved Input Data Management for Logistics Analysis • Decision Support for Warehouse Design  • CELDi Knowledge Management System • Development of Logistics Efficiency Metrics • Supply Chain Network Simulator Using Cloud Computing  Completed Projects That Deliver Results:

  14. Member Access to CELDi Products • Members only login pages: • Project descriptions and reports • Access to CDP products downloads • http://www.celdi.ineg.uark.edu/cdp_products.asp • Access to student resumes • www.celdi.org

  15. Membership • Members – Minimum $60k/yr ($50k/yr for SBIR members; $45k from NSF) • In-context research project • $5k towards Center-designated research projects for leveraging • Associate Members (50 employees or less) – Minimum $25k/yr • Smaller in-context research project • $2.5k towards center-designated research projects for leveraging • CELDi partnerships begin by jointly scoping a project that allows us to learn more about each other • In parallel, review membership participation agreement • Plan to attend next CELDi meeting • Participate in CDP selection and advisement

  16. What IAB members attending the 2011 Denver meeting had to say about the value of their CELDi membership: “Our CELDi project delivered specific tools that are used in our company today.” “This is what it’s all about: exploring new ideas, solving problems, coming up with solutions and applying them in the field.” “CELDi researchers meld technical rigor with commercial problems to create generalized solutions which cut across industries.” “We are excited to have high-quality students working on problems in our industry. This creates a pool of potential future employees.” “We feel we get a great deal of value for the dollars we spend with CELDi.” CELDi Provides Return on Investment

  17. Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution CELDi provides creative, leading-edge solutions to real-world problems: Member organizations collaborate with research teams CELDi is a collaborative enterprise that provides access to students and researchers Member organizations benefit from shared research solutions Members enhance their career development with CELDi

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