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<p class="gmail-MsoTitle" style="margin:0.55pt 44.35pt 0.0001pt 49pt;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)">The Fifth African International
Conference on Industrial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"> </span>Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 5.55pt 0.0001pt 10.95pt;text-indent:77.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Johannesburg/Pretoria, South Africa, April 23-25, 2024 </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 5.55pt 0.0001pt 0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(247,150,70)">Conference<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>theme: Shaping<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>future<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Industry<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>5.0<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Operational<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Systems</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 12.95pt 0.0001pt 17.55pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 12.95pt 0.0001pt 17.55pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Host:<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>South<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Africa<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>collaboration<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Society<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Africa<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">(SOMA)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 12.95pt 0.0001pt 17.5pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Venue:<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Council<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Scientific<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Industrial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Research<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Convention<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Center<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>(CSIR<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>ICC) </span><a href="http://ieomsociety.org/southafrica2024/"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(4,98,193);letter-spacing:-0.1pt">http://ieomsociety.org/southafrica2024/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 188.65pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><b><span style="color:blue">ISBN<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>979-8-3507-0549-2,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>ISSN<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>2169-<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">8767</span></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 15.85pt 0.0001pt 0.1in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt">IEOM<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Society<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>organizing<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>5</span><span style="font-size:6pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt">African<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Conference<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Industrial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Management in Pretoria, South Africa, April 23-25, 2024. The
conference aims to provide a forum for academics, researchers and practitioners
to exchange ideas and recent developments in the field of Industrial
Engineering and Operations Management. Authors can submit full paper(s) or
abstract(s) only for presentations. Abstracts without full academic paper
submissions should give opportunities for projects and industrial
representatives to share their knowledge and experiences. IEOM encourages
submission of full paper(s). All full papers are subjected to double peer
review. Accepted papers will be published in proceedings and indexed.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:8pt 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Tracks:<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span></span>Topics<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>covering<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt">
</span>industrial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>issues/applications<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>academic<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt">
</span>include,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>limited<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">to:</span></h2>
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<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Artificial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Intelligence<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Automation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Control<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Business<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Case<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Studies</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Computers and Computing<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Data<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Analytics<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Big<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Data<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Decision<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Sciences</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="line-height:6.9pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Design<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Analysis</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">E-Business<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>E-Commerce<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Energy</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Education<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Entrepreneurship<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Innovation</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Facilities<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Planning<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Financial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Engineering</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="line-height:6.85pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Healthcare<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Systems</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Human<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Factors<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Ergonomics<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Industrial<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Industry <span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">4.0</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Information<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Technology<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 1.85pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Inventory<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="line-height:6.85pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">IoT</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 60.5pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lean</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 60.5pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Six Sigma<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 60.5pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Logistics</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Mechatronics</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 13.5pt 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Modeling,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Simulation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Visualization<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 13.5pt 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Occupational<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Safety<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Health<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>(OSH)<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 13.5pt 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:6.85pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Research</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.1pt 7.35pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Product Design and Development<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.1pt 7.35pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Product Lifecycle Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.1pt 7.35pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Production<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Planning<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.1pt 7.35pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Project<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Management</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 7.35pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Quality<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Control<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 7.35pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Reliability and Maintenance</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Service<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Systems<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Service<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Statistics and Empirical Research</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 24.05pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Supply Chain Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 24.05pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sustainability<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Green<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Systems<span style="letter-spacing:2pt">
</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 24.05pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sustainable<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Manufacturing<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 24.05pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Systems<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Dynamics</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 46.2pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Systems<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 46.2pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Technology<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 46.2pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Total<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Quality<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Transportation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Traffic<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Waste<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Management</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="line-height:6.85pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Work<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Design,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Measurement<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">ISO</span></p>
<h3 style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span></h3>
<h3 style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Panels</span></h3>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="line-height:6.85pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Diversity<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Inclusion</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Global Engineering Education<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Global Project Management<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Global<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Supply<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Chain<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Logistics</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Globally<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Competitive<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Rail<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Manufacturing<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Industry Solutions and Industry
4.0<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Innovation and Entrepreneurships</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="line-height:6.85pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lean<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Six<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
Sigma</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 12.95pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Occupational<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Safety<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Health<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>(OSH)<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0.05pt 67.25pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Sustainability</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Women<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Industry<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>&<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Academia</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </p>
<h3 style="line-height:6.85pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Competitions</span></h3>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Undergraduate<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Student<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt">
</span>Paper<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Competition<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Undergraduate Research
Competition<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senior Design Project
Competition<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Graduate Student Paper
Competition<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Master’s Thesis Competition</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Doctoral<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Dissertation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>Competition<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lean Six Sigma Competition<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SCM<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Competition</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Dr. Anthea Amadi-Echendu, University of South
Africa (UNISA) - Chairperson</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Ahad<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Ali,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>LTU<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Executive<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Director<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>IEOM<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Society,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>USA </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Dr.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Oludolapo<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Akanni<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>Olanrewaju,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Durban<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Technology<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12.75pt 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof Kemlall Ramdass,
University of South Africa (UNISA)</span></p>
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Johannesburg</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12.75pt 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Didibhuku<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt">
</span>Wellington<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Thwala,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>South<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Africa </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 12.75pt 0.0001pt 7pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Joke<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Buhrmann,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Witwatersrand (Wits) </span></p>
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(UP) (DUT)</span><span style="font-size:3pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 48pt 0.0001pt 7pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Thomas<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Tengen,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt">
</span>Vaal<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Technology<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>(VUT)</span></p>
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Chancellor Strategic Partnerships and Industrialisation, University of
Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Don<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Reimer,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>Adjunct<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Professor,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Lawrence<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>Tech<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>President,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Small<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Business<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>Strategy<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Group,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Detroit,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>Michigan,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>USA</span></p>
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bird registration <span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt"> </span>15 December 2023</span></p>
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registration <span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>15<span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span>February<span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span>2024</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 7pt;line-height:9.6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Website<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>access:<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span></span><a href="http://ieomsociety.org/southafrica2024"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(4,98,193);letter-spacing:-0.1pt">http://ieomsociety.org/southafrica2024</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.55pt 0in 0.0001pt 7.7pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:8pt">IEOM<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Society<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt">
</span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:8pt">-<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>nonprofit<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>organization,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>21411<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Civic<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>Center<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Dr.,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Suite<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>205,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Southfield,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Michigan,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>USA,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ieomsociety.org/"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(4,98,193);letter-spacing:-0.1pt">www.ieomsociety.org</span></a><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>IEOM Upcoming Conferences</b></p><ul type="disc" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal">14<sup>th</sup> Annual IEOM Dubai Conference, February 12-14, 2024 (Hybrid). <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/dubai2024/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://ieomsociety.org/dubai2024/</a><br></li><li class="MsoNormal">9<sup>th</sup> North American IEOM Conference in Washington, DC, June 4-6, 2024 (Hybrid). <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/</a></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal">7th European IEOM Conference in Augsburg / Munich, Germany, July 16-18, 2024 (Hybrid) - <a href="https://ieomsociety.org/germany2024/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://ieomsociety.org/germany2024/</a> </p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Ms. Rocksana Ahmed<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Assistant Program Director<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">IEOM Executive Team<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">IEOM Society International</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">21411 Civic Center Dr., Suite # 205<u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Southfield, Michigan, USA<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.ieomsociety.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.ieomsociety.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <br></p></div></div></div>