Program
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
09:00-10:20 SESSION S1 : SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT I
Chair: P. Helo
**12** A Simple Heuristic for Assigning Doors to Trailers in Cross-docks
Y. Cohen, B. Keren

The Open University of Israel, Israel
**48** Network Analysis on the Basis of the Build-Up Curve
F. Staberhofer, M. Gerschberger, S. Atteneder
Competence Centre for Logistics and Enterprise Networks,
University of Applied Sciences, Austria
**30**
Supplier Evaluation and Selection. A Fuzzy Model Proposal
I. Fernandez, J. Puente, N. Garcia, J. Parreno
University of Oviedo, EPSIG, Edificio de Energia, Spain
**32**
Dynamic Price and Quantity Postponement Strategies
Y. Kristianto Nugroho, P. Helo
Logistics System Research Group, Department of Production,
University of Vaasa, Finland
10:20-10:50 Coffee Break, Posters Display and visiting the Exhibition
10:50-11:20 PLENARY SESSION PL1 : OPENING CEREMONY AND AWARDS
**72**
Welome Greetings by:
Prof. Ehud Menipaz, General Chair
Awards Ceremony: Best Academic Work and Lifetime Academic Acievement
Award to Prof. (Emeritus) Shaul P. Ladany
11:20-12:00 PLENARY SESSION PL2 : KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
**67**
Competitive Electricity Markets:
Managing the Most Challenging Supply Chain
S. Oren
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research,
University of California at Berkeley, USA
12:00-13:00 Lunch, Poster Display and visiting the Exhibition
13:00-14:20 SESSION S2 : LOCATION: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES
Chair: A. Canen
**29**
The Police Vehicle Location-Allocation Problem
M. Sher1, N. Adler2, S. Hakkert3, A. Ben-Nun4
1Israel Police Headquarter, Israel
2Business School, Hebrew University, Israel
3Transportation Research Institute, Technion, Israel
4The GIS Centre, Hebrew University, Israel
**47**
Regional Headquarters of Multinational Corporations:
Literature Review and Taxonomy
S. Finger, E. Menipaz
The Ira Center of Business, Technology and Society,
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
**57**
Using Business Process Architecture to Accelerate the
Implementation and Global Rollout of Enterprise Software Systems
A. Wasser1, M. Lincoln1, S. Sigura2
1ProcessGene Ltd., Business Process Realization Solutions, Israel
2Global ERP Department, Keter Plastic Ltd., Israel
**14**
Brazil Logistics Infrastructure: Challenges to Face
A. G. Canen, I. Tammela
Department of Production Engineering,
COPPE/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14:30-15:50 SESSION S3 : BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES
Chair: S. Schmidt
**7**
Utilizing QFD for Translating Business Objectives into Action Plans
S. Dror
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ort Braude College, Israel
**42**
Production Time Estimation as
Part of Collaborative Virtual Manufacturing
P. Cosic1, D. Milcic2, I. Kovacic1
1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture,
University of Zagreb, Croatia
2Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia
**49**
The Toyota Production System TPS vs.
Value Oriented Design System VDS
S. Schmidt
University of Applied Science Munich, VWI (& BMW), Germany
**10**
Cultural Auditing: Some Ways Ahead for Multicultural
Organisations and Logistics Management
A. G. Canen1, A. Canen2
1Department of Production Engineering,
COPPE/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2Department of Educational Studies,
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15:50-16:20 Coffee Break, Posters Display and visiting the Exhibition
16:20-17:00 PLENARY SESSION PL3 : KEYNOTE PRESENTATION (In Hebrew)
**73**
Major-General (Reserve-duty) Moshe Kaplinsky
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
09:00-10:20 PARALLEL SESSION S4 : QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
Chair: A. Weintraub
**18**
Matching Pursuit Under the Gown of Linear Regression
O. Levi, Y. Parmet
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
**36**
Condorcet's Jury Theorem Under Random Decisional
Power Distribution
L. Sapir1, D. Berend2, Y. Chernyavsky3
1Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
3Department of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
**50**
Optimal Investment in Quality Assurance and Project
Reliability
Y. Giat
Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
**56**
A New Old Method for Calculating Order-up-to Levels for
Transshipment Problems
Y. Herer
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
09:00-10:20 PARALLEL SESSION S05 : SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT II
Chair: M. Tzur
**66**
Full and Periodical Information Sharing Model in a Two-Level
Supply Chain
G. Licht1, D. Shabtay2, M. Kaspi2, L. Yedidsion2
1Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
**65**
A Synchronized Model for Planning of Production, Inventory
and Combined Routing of Delivery and Pick-Up
I. Forma, M. Tzur, T. Raviv
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
**64**
Capacity Pooling and Cost Sharing Among Independent Firms
in the Presence of Congestion
Y. Gerchak1, Y. Yu2, S. Benjaafar2
1Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
**63**
The Transshipment Fund Mechanism: Coordinating the
Decentralized Two-Location Inventory Model
E. Hanany, M. Tzur, A. Levran
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
10:20-10:50 Coffee Break, Posters Display and visiting the Exhibition
10:50-11:00 PLENARY SESSION PL4 : AWARDS CEREMONY (In Hebrew)
**68**
Awards Ceremony Presented by the Israeli Society of Industrial and
Management Engineers for Best Professional Work Award and Lifetime
Professional Achievement Award to Mr. Oded Tira (Past President of the Israel
Industrialists Association)
11:00-11:40 PLENARY SESSION PL5 : KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
**69**
Advanced Sensoring and Academia
J. English
Kansas State University, USA
11:40-12:10 PLENARY SESSION PL6 : KEYNOTE PRESENTATION (In Hebrew)
**70**
Crisis Management
R. Eilon
CEO, YES, Israel
12:10-13:10 Lunch, Posters Display and visiting the Exhibition
13:10-14:30 PARALLEL SESSION S7 : MASS PRODUCTION AND MASS
CUSTOMIZATION
Chair: T. Raviv
**61**
BI – Directional Work Sharing in Assembly Lines Precedence
Relationship Constraints
T. Cohen, Y. Bukchin
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
**60**
Integrated Assembly Line Balancing and Inspection Allocation
Problem in an Online Rework Environment
S. Aharonov, Y. Bukchin, T. Raviv
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
**59**
Creating an Interactive Formulation for Welds Backup due to
Robots' Failures
R. Rosenberg, Y. Bukchin, I. Ben Gal
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
**62**
Integrated Production Control Systems for Large Re-entrant Lines
H. A. Roitman, M. Masin, D. Sinreich
Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
14:40-16:00 SESSION S8 : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING
Chair: M. Daskin
**17**
Development of a Tool for Decision Making in the Multiobjective
Scheduler for Semiconductor Manufacturing
O. Baez Senties, F. Ortiz Flores, R. Torres Osorio,
A. M. Alvarado Lassmann
Division de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigacion, Instituto Tecnologico
de Orizaba, Instituto Tecnologico de Orizaba, Mexico
**25**
Multi-Criteria Dynamic Scheduling and Simulation-Based
Control in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
B. Shnits, D. Sinreich
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ort Braude College, Israel
**15**
Railroad Yards Logistic to Improve Capacity
M. C. Fogliatti de Sinay1, G. Delgado de Oliveira2
1Military Institute of Engineering, Brazil
2MRS Logistica, Brazil
**27**
Reducing Truckload Delivery Costs Through Customer Flexibility
M. S. Daskin, T. Homem-de-Mello, S. Lee, K. Smilowitz, J. Turner
Department of Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
14:40-16:00 SESSION S9 : INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS SYSTEMS
Chair: A. Bargelis
**19**
Analysis of Order-Picking in Warehouses with Fishbone Layout
G. Dukic
Industrial Engineering Department, University of Zagreb, FSB, Croatia
**33**
Modern Logistics Execution
I. Kull, O. Harel, D. Langer
SAP Labs Israel, Israel
**34**
Analysis of the Wood Humidity in the Logistics of a Cellulose
POLP Industry
M. I. Fae1, M. J. Barbosa Cerqueira Junior2, L. Caldara Mussi de
Andrade1,
F. R. Ribeiro2
1Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil
2Aracruz Celulose S.A., Brazil
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break, Posters Display and visiting the Exhibition
16:20-17:00 PLENARY SESSION PL7 : KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
**71**
Management - Art or Science?
E. Goldratt
Goldratt Marketing Group, Israel
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
08:00 Departure to a Professional Tour
09:30 A visit and facilities tour, Ben Gurion University (Sponsored by the Industrial
Engineering and Management Department)
11:00 Dead Sea Works Tour
14:30 A Tour of the Historic Fortress of Massada, Judea Dessert
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
(Dan Panorama Hotel)
09:00-10:20 SESSION S10 : INFORMATION SYSTEM – IT
Chair: M. C. Fogliatti De Sinay
**8**
Inequality in the Utility of Data: Modeling, Assessment,
and Implications
A. Even1, G. Shankaranarayanan2, P. D. Berger3
1Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2Information Systems Department, School of Management,
Boston University, USA
3Mathematical Sciences Department, Bentley College, USA
**9**
Impartial versus Utility-Driven Assessment of Data Quality:
Methodology, Insights, and Implications for Managing Customer Data
A. Even1, G. Shankaranarayanan2
1Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2Information Systems Department, School of Management,
Boston University, USA
**11**
Product Family Design with Customer Product Process
and Logistics Decisions
P. Helo1, Y. Kristianto1, R. J. Jiao2
1Logistics Research Group, University of Vaasa, Finland
2School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
**16**
POD: The Structure of Simulation Model Reuse
Y. Marmor, D. Sinreich
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
10:20-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-12:10 SESSION S11 : AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS
Chair: F. Staberhofer
**76**
Two Automation and Robotics Software Tools for Industrial
Logistics
R. C. Huntsinger
California State University, USA
**51**
Factors Affecting Operational Efficiency in Human-Robotic
Systems
S. H. Blum-Ivri, Y. Edan
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
**45**
AGVS in Logistics Systems -
State of the Art, Applications and New Developments
L. Schulze, S. Buhrs, S. Behling
Department Planning and Controlling of Warehouse and Transport
Systems (PSLT), Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
**28**
Knowledge Engineering and Management in Laser and
High Information Technologies
A. Bargelis, A. Sackus
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
**75**
Learning to Control and Manipulate Robotic Cells through
the Internet
O. Goldstain, I. Ben-Gal, Y. Bukchin
Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
12:10-13:10 Lunch (Hotel’s Restaurant)
13:10-14:30 SESSION S12 : FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC MODELING
Chair: I. Ben-Gal
**20**
A Model for Measuring Technological Innovation in Businesses
Y. Arzi, A. Grosman, I. Gurfinkel
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
ORT Braude College, Israel
**24**
Crude Oil Price Forecasting with ANFIS
B. Zimberg
Administracion Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland
ANCAP, Uruguay
**46**
Water Insurance for Mitigation of Conflicting Interests of
Competing Water Sectors
E. Braude1, G. Oron2, Z. Sinuany - Stern1
1Ariel University Center of Samaria and Ben Gurion University
of the Negev, Israel
2Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
**52**
Outsourcing as a Strategy for Excellence
A. Katz
M-BIOS, Israel
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 SESSION S13 : ICIL EXECUTIVE MEETING
Chairs: Dr. Petri Helo and Prof. Ralph Huntsinger
**74**
Concluding Remarks-Farewell

Poster presentation:

**58**  A. Burinskiene - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES USAGE FOR ELECTRONIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Department of International Economics and Management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania