Logistics and Supply Chain Division
About the division
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. The LSC division has set the following overreaching goals:
- Collaborate with IISE to advance the institute’s mission in the IE discipline.
- Develop, maintain and disseminate a body of technical knowledge in the area of logistics and supply chain.
- Create a forum for technical networking and idea generation for division members.
- Recognize members and industries for their outstanding contribution to the division and the IISE.
- Educate division members by sharing cutting edge research, state of the art practice, and current tools and techniques of logistics and supply chain.
Grow with us:
Board Members
President
Dincer Konur
Immediate Past President
Faisal Aqlan
President-Elect
Pratik J. Parikh
Directors 2017-2019
Director-Awards
Krystel Castillo
Director - Events/Conferences
Hector Vergara
Director Outreach/Networking
Chanchal Saha
Directors 2018-2020
Secretary
Constantine M. Koursaris
Director - Events/Conferences
Murat Erkoc
Director - Newsletter
Nazrul I. Shaikh
Director - Technical Content
Noor-E-Alam
Student Leadership Board Members
President
Dina Perlic
Vice President
Taner Cokyasar
Secretary
Priscilla Ipiña
Director - Conference & Awards
Hayford Kofi Doe Adjavor
Director - Outreach
Thomas Chavez
Director - Technical Content & Newsletter
Donovan Fuqua
Awards and Case Competitions
This competition, open to graduate and undergraduate ISE students, honors outstanding papers in the field of logistics and supply chain.
This competition recognizes excellence in industry practice of logistics and supply chain courses.
This competition recognizes team who demonstrate innovative use of logistics and supply chain concepts in the analysis of the case.
This award recognizes excellence in teaching logistics and supply chain.
The link to all the division awards/competitions is http://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=951. Just scroll down to LSC awards.
Our LSC Division is sponsoring two tracks, the LSC and the Facilities Design and Planning, at the 2019 IISE Annual Conference and Expo. We would like to encourage you to contribute to the conference by submitting an abstract in one of these two tracks. Authors of accepted
abstracts will be invited to present their work in a session, choosing either a standard 20-minute presentation or a new 40-minute presentation for a lengthier discussion. Each session will be 80 minutes.
Logistics and Supply Chain Track
The LSC track will showcase latest research and proven solutions applying industrial and systems engineering principles within logistics and supply chain. The focus will be on network optimization, inventory control, transportation systems, green and sustainable supply chain,
logistics for energy production, offshoring, humanitarian supply chain, reverse logistics, and other relevant topics.
Track Co-Chairs
Murat Erkoc, University of Miami
Hector A. Vergara, Oregon State University
Md Noor E Alam, Northeastern University
Doug Mettenburg, J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
Facilities Design and Planning Track
the FDP track will focus on facility design and layout, warehouse automation, operations, and management systems, materials handling, storage, and order fulfillment systems, distribution management, container operations, cross-docking, and transportation, inventory tracking and control, facility
logistics and ergonomics, and facilities design and planning education.
Track Co-Chairs
Dincer Konur, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Dale Masel, Ohio University
Please visit this website for more information:
http://www.iise.org/Annual/
Upcoming Webinars
Have a question about LSC webinars or an idea for a future LSC webinar? Please contact
Faisal Aqlan.
Click here to see the upcoming webinars.
Division Board Members
Division Bylaws
Newsletters
Please submit articles or your company highlights to
Pratik J.Parikh.