Researchers at the IfM won both major paper awards on offer at the 17th Annual EurOMA (European Operations and Management Association) Conference in Porto, Portugal.

Andreas Feldmann and his co-authors Jan Olhager, Don Fleet, and Yongjiang Shi won the Chris Voss Award for best paper at the event. The paper 'Linking networks and plant roles: the impact of changing a plant role'  took the prize thanks to its contribution towards the advancement of theory and practice of Operations Management.

Also successful was Gate Pichawadee and her co-authors Yongjiang Shi and Mike Gregory  who took the Harry Broer Best Student Award for her paper entitled ' Food Supply Chain in Manufacturing Companies – An Exploratory Study on Product & Configuration'. The winners  received a money prize and a framed certificate.

• Cambridge is hosting EurOMA 2011 and more details on the event can be found here