University of Connecticut MBAs took the first, second, and third places in the APICS Northeast Region graduate level student case competition held in Albany February 1–2, 2013. Twenty-one teams from across the northeast participated, including undergraduate and MBA teams. 

Pictured are the first place winners including Archit Patel, Samir Mohanty, Jessada Saisuwannatee, and Thomas Jose (with faculty advisor Professor Suresh Nair). The second place team members were Chris Gaito, David Dougherty, James Ktorides and Sameh Haggag. The team of Mike Maczka, Matt Zaleta, Tugba Onder, and Yan Zhu were placed third.

APICS (http://www.apics.org), the Association for Operations Management, is the leading organization for supply chain and operations professionals and is a global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in the industry. The association’s CPIM and CSCP certifications are internationally recognized.