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Discuss “Students represent U.S. at L’Oréal competition in Paris”

Faced with the challenge of drafting a proposal to produce millions of cosmetic products, a group of Carnegie Mellon engineering majors flew to Paris in late January to present their ideas.

The Carnegie Mellon team, consisting of junior Alexandra Gutschick, junior Daron Colflesh, and sophomore Kevin Anderson, represented the United States in the 2006 L’Oréal Ingenius Contest.

L’Oréal asked teams from around the world to present proposals for creating a supply chain of 280 million units. In organizing and dimensioning the supply chain, teams had to consider everything from raw materials to packaging to machinery. Creativity and costliness were also factors.

It was a challenge that surprised the Carnegie Mellon team at first. “Why...

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