Research Areas

Logistics Systems Analysis and Design | Supply Chain Modeling
Material Flow Design & Improvement | Intelligent Systems

Research areas fall under the four categories listed on this page, follow the above links to lists of publications in that particular research area.

  • Logistics Systems Analysis and Design

    • EW Zimmers, J Pastore, and S Sundararajan, "Innovative Application - How TOC Can Manage Human Resources and Eliminate Workforce Burdens," APICS, March 2004 Issue.

  • Supply Chain Modeling

    • EW Zimmers and M Baramichai, "The Comprehensive Framework for Supplier's Agile Performance Evaluation," ICAM 2006 - The International Conference on Agile Manufacturing, July 20, 2006, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

    EW Zimmers and M Baramichai, "Agile Supply Network Transformation Matrix: A New QFD-Based Tool for Creating and Agile Enterprise," Proceedings of the 2005 QFD Institute, Seventeeth Symposium on Quality Function Deployment, September 17, 2005, Portland, Oregon.

  • Material Flow Design & Improvement

    • EW Zimmers, M Ramirez, J Bustos, P Christian, and V Govande, "Analysis of Current Food Processing Operations and Design of a New Facility Using Simulation Techniques," International Conference on Production Research Americas' 2004, August 2004, Santiago, Chile.

  • Intelligent Systems

    • EW Zimmers and C Marangos, "Intelligent Systems in Design & Manufacturing: A Collaborative, Technology-Driven Approach to New Product Development," ICAM 2006 - The International Conference on Agile Manufacturing, July 20, 2006, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

    H Sermeno-Villalta and J Spletzer, "Vision-based Control of a Smart Wheelchair for the Automated Transport and Retrieval System," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006), Orlando, May 2006.