INFORMS Releases

New audio is available for media use featuring Dr. Kendra Taylor, the President and CEO of KEYfficiencies, Inc., discussing combatting human trafficking and forced labor. KEYfficiencies is a consulting firm that gives clients increased efficiency in operations and decision strategy by using key principles of industrial and system engineering. She’s also an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Dr. Kendra Taylor. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on April 25th, 2022.

BALTIMORE, MD, April 26, 2022 – Current healthcare guidelines focus on management of one disease and ignore some patients’ underlying, chronic conditions. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds that if personalized disease screening recommendations are made for these patients, it will save lives and money for the healthcare system.

• Retail is Not Dead! The Impact of Store Proximity on Sales (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• New Research Overcomes Cost Barriers for Newborn Disease Screening While Increasing Efficiency and Testing Accuracy (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• New Model Predicts Purchase to Delivery Time to Increase Customer Satisfaction, Improve Online Sales (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
• New Research Finds Stable Scheduling Increases Employee Productivity and Business Revenue (INFORMS journal Management Science)

New audio is available for media use featuring Cynthia Rudin, a professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, Mathematics, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Cynthia Rudin.

New audio is available for media use featuring Andrew Trapp, an associate professor of Operations and Industrial Engineering in the Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Andrew Trapp. He has courtesy professorships in Mathematical Sciences and Data Science. Trapp conducts research on refugee resettlement, and in general, decision making to improve outcomes for migrants such as refugees and asylum seekers. There are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on April 15, 2022.