Associate Professor (Retired)
Education
- Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering (1973), Georgia Institute of Technology,
- M.S. Engineering Economic Systems (1966), Stanford University
- B.I.E. Industrial Engineering (1965), Georgia Institute of Technology
Expertise
- Operations Research, Engineering Economic Analysis
About
Gunter Sharp is a retired associate professor in ISyE. He received B.S and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech, as well as an M.S. degree in engineering-economic systems from Stanford. From 1982 to 1995, he was program manager for warehousing systems research within Georgia Tech's Material Handling Research Center (MHRC), a consortium jointly funded by U.S. industry and the NSF, where he was responsible for research in automated guided vehicle system configuration, unit load storage systems, work-in-process storage systems, system cost analysis, accumulation and sorting systems, and order assembly systems.
From 1976 to 1981, Dr. Sharp was project director for the Multi-State Corridor University Research Program, a U.S. Department of Transportation-sponsored consortium involving nine universities. This research group developed analytical relationships between freight transportation improvements and industrial development. Results included a multi-mode multi-commodity network representation, mode share analysis, market share analysis, network capacity improvement algorithms, commodity flow data preparation, and demonstration of the integrated procedure for a seven-state area. Dr. Sharp's interests in logistics include multi-modal transportation systems, material flow systems, and order assembly systems.
Research
Dr. Sharp's research interests have included transportation systems design, material flow systems analysis and design, storage and retrieval systems design, economic decision analysis, and multi-criterion evaluation.
Teaching
Dr. Sharp's teaching interests include economic decision analysis, facility layout and warehousing, and senior (capstone) design.
Representative Publications
Sharp, G.P., "Warehousing," in Taylor, G.D., Handbook on Engineering Logistics, CRC Press, 21 pages (2007).
Sharp, G.P., M. Garfinkel, and J. Sokol, "Minimizing Multi-zone Orders in the Correlated Storage Assignment Problem," in Meller, R., et al. (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2006, MHI, Charlotte, pp. 387-406 (2006). (also conference presentation in Salt Lake City)
Roodbergen, K., G.P. Sharp, and I.F.A. Vis, "Designing the Layout Structure of Manual Order-Picking Areas in Warehouses, " IIE Transactions, to appear (2008).
Sharp, G.P., Y.T. Wan, L.F. McGinnis, and D. Bodner, "Material Transport System Design in Manufacturing," in Meller, R., et al. (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2004, MHI, Charlotte, pp. 465‑476 (2005). (also conference presentation in Graz, Austria)
McGinnis, L.F., D. Bodner, M. Goetschalckx, T. Govindaraj, and G. Sharp, "Toward a Comprehensive Descriptive Model for Warehouses," in Meller, R., et al. (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2004, MHI, Charlotte, pp. 265-284 (2005). (also conference presentation in Graz, Austria)
Goetschalckx, M., L. McGinnnis, D. Bodner, T. Govindaraj, G. Sharp, and K. Huang, "A Systematic Design Procedure for Small Parts Warehousing Systems Using Modular Drawer and Bin Shelving Systems, " in Meller, R., et al. (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2002, MHI, Charlotte, pp. 157-168 (2003). (also conference presentation in Portland, ME)
McGinnis, F.F., W.-C. Chen, P. Griffin, G. Sharp, T. Govindaraj, D. Bodner, "Benchmarking Warehouse Performance: Initial Results for Internet-based Data Envelopment Analysis for Warehousing," in Meller, R., et al. (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2002, MHI, Charlotte, pp. 305‑324 (2003). (also conference presentation in Portland, ME)
Farahmand, F., S.B. Navathe, G.P. Sharp, P.H. Enslow, "Evaluating Damage Caused by Information System Security Incidents," in Camp, J, and S. Lewis, Economics of Information Security, Kluwer Academic Publications, pp. 85-94 (2004). (also conference presentation)
Sharp, G.P., Wan, Y.T., and Ram, B., "Task Aggregation Techniques for Use in Selecting and Specifying Material Handling Technology for Manufacturing Facilities," in Meller, R., et. al. (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2002, MHI, Charlotte, pp. 471-492 (2003).
Sharp, G.P., "Warehouse Management," in Salvendy, G. (Ed.), Handbook of Industrial Engineering, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 2083-2109, (2001).
Sharp, G.P., and B. Ram, "A Structured Approach to Material Handling System Selection and Specification for Manufacturing," Material Handling Industry of America Ann. Mtg., Las Vegas NV, (October 2000).
Lin, L. C., and G.P. Sharp, "Quantitative and Qualitative Indices for the Plant Layout Evaluation Problem," Eur. Jrl. Optns. Research, Vol. 112, (1999).
Sharp, G.P., M. M. Amirhosseini, and F. Schwarz, "New Approaches and Results for Product Storage Assignment: Consideration of Demand Variability, Demand Correlation, Storage Compartment Size, and Degree of Order Completion," Intl. Material Handling Research Colloq., Phoenix, June 1998, also in Graves, R.J., et al (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research 1998, Material Handling Inst, Charlotte, (1999).
Berg, J.P., Sharp, G.P., A. Gademann, and Y. Pochet "Forward-Reserve Allocation in a Warehouse Operation with Unit-Load Replenishments," Eur. Jrl. Optnl. Res., Vol. 111, pp. 98-113, 1998.
Sharp, G.P., "Logistikaktivitaeten in den U.S.A.", (Logistics Activities in the U.S.), 15th Dortmunder Gespraeche, Dortmund, (September 1997) (invited).
Yoon, C.S., and G.P. Sharp, "Example Application of the Cognitive Design Procedure for an Order Pick System: Case Study," Eur. Jrl. Optns. Research, Vol. 87, pp. 223-246, (1995).
Sharp, G.P., D. Vlatsa, and K. Houmans, "Economics of Storage/Retrieval Systems for Item Picking," Intl. Material HandlingResearch Colloq., Grand Rapids, June 1994, also in Graves, R.J., et al (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research 1994, Material Handling Inst., pp. 431-454, Charlotte, (1995).
Sharp, G.P., K.-I. Choe, and R.F. Serfozo, "Aisle-Based Order Pick Systems with Batching, Zoning, and Sorting,” Intl. Material HandlingResearch Colloq., Milwaukee, June 1992; also in Graves, R.J., et al (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research 1992, Material Handling Inst., pp. 245-276, Charlotte, (1993).
Sharp, G.P., and K.-I. Choe, "Performance Estimation of an Automated Sorting System," Proc. 12th Intl. Conf. Autom. Warehousing, New Orleans, (November 1992).
Sharp, G.P., C. Yoon, S. Swaminathan, and D. Gibson "Development of an Intelligent Workstation for Order Pick Systems," Proc. 11th Intl. Conf. Autom. Warehousing,Helsinki, (June 1991).
Sharp, G.P., and F. Liu"Analytical Approaches to the Design of Material Flow Systems," Intl. Jrl. Prod. Res., 25-4, pp. 757-783, (1990).
Bozer, Y.A., G.P. Sharp, and M. Quiroz, "An Evaluation of Alternative Control Strategies and Design Issues for Automated Order Accumulation and Sortation," Material Flow, 4-4, pp. 265-282, (1988).