CELDi is an applied research and education consortium consisting of:

• Six major research universities;
• More than 30 member organizations from commercial, military and government sectors of the economy;
• The National Science Foundation (NSF I/UCRC)

CELDi has the mission of enabling member organizations to achieve logistics and distribution excellence by delivering meaningful, innovative and implementable solutions that provide a return on investment.

CELDi partnerships achieve logistics and distribution excellence by:

• Solving real problems that achieve bottom-line impact;
• Graduating students with real-world project experience;
• Producing generalized, cutting-edge research that is published in leading journals;
• Sharing research results amongst member organizations to leverage intellectual and monetary capital.

Our member organizations specialize in distribution, transportation, manufacturing, information technology, and software solutions.

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Project Categories:
Logistics Systems Analysis and Design

Material Flow Design and Improvement

Supply Chain Modeling

Intelligent Systems

MU CELDi project saves Bayer more than $2 million by restructuring how the facility stores, transports and maintains materials throughout its production plants and warehouses. Link to article. (Dec 2011)

Watch the CELDi Strategic Planning Update: Video Interview with Russ Meller and Olivier Cadet