February 2017 Newsletter                                                                                  

 
President's Message
LSC 2016-2017 President
 
The LSC Division keeps growing with more than 3,600 members now and has more student members than any other IISE divisions. We, the division board, plan to continue serving the LSC community with increased professional support. In spring, we will deliver three webinars to introduce the frontiers of LSC by practitioners and researchers, have a student-case competition, and launch a new Award for Outstanding Industry Practitioner.
 
To further grow our division and the profession, we seek your input and participation. Please join the LSC Division and participate in our board meetings, annual Town Hall meeting, and other divisional activities to provide the best value to the membership. We look forward to seeing many of you in Pittsburgh in May!
 
Wish you all a happy and productive 2017!
 
Mingzhou Jin
President, LSC Division 

Call for Nominations 

Call for Nominations  for the  LSC Division Board of Directors
Has been extended until February 24.

  Division's Mission

The mission of the Logistics & Supply Chain (LSC) Division is to provide its membership with the body of knowledge, networking opportunity, recognition, and educational programs to stay competitive in the global market.
 
Want to be part of our division? Please reach out to any of the board members or Diana Berry.
 
IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2017

Pittsburgh, May 20-23


LSC Track Chairs: Faisal Aqlan, Mingzhou Jin, Krystel Castillo, Rajiv Saxena

Track Statistics 
Abstracts Received: 106            Accepted: 98
Submitted Papers 27
LSC Town Hall Meeting May 22,  11 a.m. - 12:20 p.m., Room 302

Nominations Open for 2017-18 Awards
 
Logistics and Supply Chain (LSC) Outstanding Industry Practitioner 
This competition recognizes excellence in industry practice of logistics and supply chain courses.


 
Logistics and Supply Chain (LSC)Teaching Award
This award recognizes excellence in teaching logistics and supply chain.

Click here for more information.


Logistics and Supply Chain (LSC)Student Case Competition
 This competition recognizes teams who demonstrate innovative use of logistics and supply chain concepts in the analysis of the case.



Spring Webinars

Title:   Supply Chain Transformation by Additive Manufacturing
When:   February 21, 2 p.m. EST

Abstract:  Additive Manufacturing (AM) is expected not only to change processes within a single enterprise but also to transform supply chains across global enterprises. The wide adoption of AM could make supply chains more responsive and cost efficient by reducing the physical flows of products, inventory, and waste. This webinar will talk about the features of AM and their impacts on supply chain and logistics.

Presenter:  Dr. Mingzhou Jin is the Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK). He is directing the Logistics, Transportation, and Supply Chain Engineering (LTS) Lab and the Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (RME) program for the College of Engineering. 

Register now for this webinar.

Title:  IBM Blockchain and Bluemix in Supply Chain

When: March 7, 2 p.m. EST

 

Abstract: This webinar will provide an overview of Blockchain with IBM's point of view. Some demonstration will be presented around supply chain and the various components of such.

 

Presenter: Sloane Brakeville, IBM - Blockchain Labs
Register now for this webinar.


Two more webinars are planned in the spring, one from IBM and another from APL Logistics. Click here f or more webinars.

Teaching Philosophy of the LSC Division's 2016-17 Awardee

Ashlea Bennett-Milburn, Ph.D., was awarded the Excellence in Teaching  of Logistics and Supply Chain in 2016-17.

She is currently an assistant professor of industrial engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Here is her teaching philosophy:

"I believe that a primary aspect of my job as an engineering teacher is to prepare students to be effective in their future professional endeavors. This goes beyond teaching students the mechanics of specific techniques to the deeper general skill of problem solving. What I hope students take away from my logistics modeling classes is the ability to recognize when a specific challenge they are facing can be studied using one of the models we cover, and then consult the appropriate resources to brush up on the details in just-in-time fashion. Additionally, I hope they are confident extending ideas from these models to address practical considerations.
 
Click here to read Ashlea's full philosphy.