INFORMS 2007 Conference on O.R. Practice :: April 29-May 1, 2007

Topic Areas/Tracks

Each track offers 5-6 presentations on real-world analytic practice. Plus tutorials on analytic methodologies and software solutions.

Deploying Analytics
Health Care
Supply Chain Management
Decision Analysis
Marketing
Operations & Logistics
Methodology Tutorials
Software Tutorials

Theories of Practice: Deploying Analytics

Booz Allen Hamilton Jeffrey Bloom, Principal, on how to create real value with large IT transformations.
UPS Jack Levis, Director of Package Process Management, on “the last 5%” of successful project completion.
Columbia University Peter Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, on 30 years working toward a theory of OR practice.
Chesapeake Decision Sciences Thomas Baker, founder and former President, on moving from technique-orientation to problem-orientation.
Hewlett-Packard Trace White, Senior Operations Consultant, Inkjet Supplies Business, on enabling a superior concept-to-cash cycle.
Boston University Sean Willems, Assistant Professor and Co-Founder of Optiant, Inc., on driving model adoption from experts to business users.

Applying Analytics in Health Care

Univ. of Toronto Michael Carter, Professor, on a review of OR applications in health care.
Univ. of British Columbia Mats Gerschman, Managing Director, Centre for Operations Excellence, and Martin Puterman, Research Director, UBC Centre for Health Care Management, on challenges and outcomes of OR projects in healthcare.
Mass. General Hospital-Institute for Technology Assessment James Stahl, MD, Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor, on linking simulation and practice in health care.
Cornell University Shane Henderson, Associate Professor, on relocating ambulances in real time.
British Columbia Children’s Hospital Geoff Blair, MD, Chief General Surgeon & Clinical Professor, on real-time priority waitlist scheduling.

Supply Chain Management with “OR Inside”

Logitech Dennis Arnow, Director of Worldwide Supply Chain, on quantifying stock-out costs to determine optimal service levels.
Intel Matthew Manary, Server Marketing Statistician, on when marketing won’t change a biased forecast.
Genentech Darren Johnson, Senior Supply Chain Strategic Planner, on a case study in applied probability management and interactive simulation.
Optiant John Neale, VP of Research & Development, on the demand termination effect in supply chains.

Applications of Decision Analysis Tools

Boeing David Leonhardi, Decision Consultant, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, on DA as a framework for deploying OR.
J&J Pharmaceuticals Jack Kloeber Jr., Director of Portfolio Management, on evolving DA approaches within J&J Pharma.
Decision Strategies David Skinner, CEO, on lessons learned from DA applications in the oil and gas industry.
US Military Academy Michael Kwinn Jr., Associate Professor and Director, Systems Engineering & OR Programs, on DA and OR in support of combat operations.
Inspire Pharmaceuticals Ward Peterson, Vice President of Discovery, on managing a growing bio-pharmaceutical R&D portfolio.
Motorola Gary DeGregorio, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, on enterprise strategic decision management.

Applying Science to Business Marketing

IBM and Univ. of Connecticut Timothy Bohling, Director of Worldwide Market Intelligence, IBM, and V. Kumar, Professor, Univ. of Connecticut, on managing customers for profits.
Wharton Peter Fader, Professor, on the systematic inefficiencies of grocery paths.
JD Power & Associates Gina Pingitore, Chief Research Officer, on data fusion best practices and evaluating success.
Ford Motor Co. Gint Puskorius, Senior Technical Leader, Business Systems Research, on optimization of product variety offerings for automotive retail sales.
Univ. of British Columbia Charles Weinberg, Professor & Chair of the Marketing Division, Sauder School of Business, on marketing decision models for scheduling multiplex theaters.

Operations & Logistics Solutions

SAS Institute Gul Ege, Director of R&D, Merchandise Intelligence Solutions, on size profiling and pack optimization at Kohl’s.
Univ. of Auckland David Ryan, Professor and Deputy Dean of Engineering, on optimized production in an aluminum smelter.
PepsiCo Michael Swihart, Strategic Supply Chain Modeler, on issues in strategic modeling at PepsiCo.
Schneider National Ted Gifford, VP of Engineering & Research, on the OR competitive edge at Schneider. Reprise of the 2006 winning INFORMS Prize.
LogicTools Daniel Vanden Brink, Vice President of Consulting, on inventory strategies for managing overseas production.
US Department of Energy Susan Holte, Technical Assistant to the Administrator, Energy Information Administration, DOE, on energy policy.

Methodology Tutorials

Princeton Univ. Warren Powell, Director, CASTLE Laboratory, on approximate dynamic programming.
Penn State Gary Lilien, Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science, on marketing decision models for the digital, networked economy.
Stanford Univ. Sam Savage, Consulting Professor, Management Science & Engineering, on a cure for the flaw of averages.
ILOG Ed Klotz, Principal Technical Support Engineer, on practical guidelines for solving difficult mixed integer programs.
Dartmouth College Stephen Powell, Professor, Tuck School of Business, on avoiding errors and maximizing insight by engineering your spreadsheets.
Intel, IBM, D-Wave, ILOG Panel discussion moderated by Karl Kempf, Director of Decision Technologies, Intel, on the impact of next generation hardware and software on OR practice. Panelists from DWave, Intel, ILOG, IBM and other developers.
Lehigh Univ. Jeff Linderoth, Assistant Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, on a survey of cyberinfrastructure tools for OR.
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nikolaos Sahinidis, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, on recent developments and successful applications of global optimization.
Schneider National Michael Zeimer, Senior Engineer, on building an OR toolbox using Microsoft Access add-ins.

Software Tutorials