The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS(R)) announced May 1 that Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) has won the 2006 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research (O.R.) for its entry "Streamlining Aircraft Repair and Overhaul at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center."

The culmination of a rigorous competition referred to as the "Super Bowl of O.R.," the Franz Edelman Award brings together the very best examples of innovation in the discipline from large and small, for-profit and nonprofit, corporate and governmental organizations around the world. Past winners in the 35-year history of the Franz Edelman competition have included GM, Motorola, Continental Airlines, the New Haven Health Department and the City of San Francisco Police Department.

The 2006 Franz Edelman Award winning entry, "Streamlining Aircraft Repair and Overhaul at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC)," was presented by Ken Percell and Bill Best of WR-ALC, Prof. Mandyam Srinivasan of the University of Tennessee, College of Business Administration and Sridharan Chandrasekaran, Vice President of Strategic Services for software provider Realization Technologies, Inc.

Source: AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND

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