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Penn State Wins 9th Annual FedEx Freight International Graduate Logistics Case Competition
-- Posted by tfisher on Tuesday, February 28 2006

Some of the top logistics students in the world traveled to Fayetteville, Ark. to compete in the 9th Annual FedEx Freight International Graduate Logistics Case Competition February 23-25.

Teams from The Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University, and Darmstadt University of Technology captured the top three places in the competition, which was sponsored by the Supply Chain Management Research Center in the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business in alliance with FedEx Freight and a host of corporate sponsors. The top three finishers were awarded $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.

"We are honored to bring together graduate logistics students from nine major universities across the country and around the world," said Jim Crowell, director of the Supply Chain Management Research Center. "The case gave them firsthand experience in thinking on their feet and solving a real logistics problem. They had a chance to compete for prizes and prestige as well as network with peers and industry professionals."

Each team competed as a "business consultant" for a global humanitarian relief organization. They were given just 24 hours to review the logistics case and prepare their recommendations for increasing disaster preparedness, speeding response time to victims, and improving the overall effectiveness of the organizational structure. The teams presented their solutions to a panel of industry judges, and the three finalists competed before a second group of judges in the championship round. The winners were announced at an awards banquet on February 25.
To read the full release, please go to http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/8136.htm

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