{"id":8773,"date":"2025-02-07T19:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T19:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/?page_id=8773"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:29:09","slug":"executive-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/executive-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-8773\" data-postid=\"8773\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-8773 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_b8rv451 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_sgkc451 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_q5jg884   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>By Invitation Only<\/h2>\n<h3>Sunday, April 6, 2025 from 5:30-7:00pm ET<\/h3>\n<p>This exclusive gathering for senior executives and enterprise leaders provides a special opportunity to network with colleagues and discuss important issues in analytics. The Executive Forum is an excellent kick-off for the\u00a02025 INFORMS Analytics+ Conference that is especially tailored to help executives get the most out of the conference.<\/p>\n<p>This event encourages collaboration among executives across the globe, Executive Forum is open to both INFORMS members and not yet members.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Executive Forum Benefits at a Glance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Flash talk covering a current hot topic for senior industry leaders<\/li>\n<li>Network with top executives from around the country<\/li>\n<li>Engage in thought-provoking discussions, share experiences and gain insights into how peers are responding to similar challenges and driving innovation and organizational success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Executive Forum Registration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/1IHDpYDKET2qVM3yzE6i9HA21xem\">Submit your Executive Forum interest form here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All selected invitees will receive a link to RSVP to this FREE event.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited; INFORMS may not be able to accommodate all requests and will confirm your status by return email.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_5gv2417   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n<p><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3449182\/0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3449182\/0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b.png\" alt=\"Register for the 2025 Executive Forum\"><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(3449182, '0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_3z1i809 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui rounded embossed tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h3><strong>How Generative AI Improves Supply Chain Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Supply Chain Management requires addressing a variety of complex decision-making challenges, from sourcing strategies to planning and execution. Over the last few decades, advances in computation and information technologies have enabled the transition from manual, intuition and experience-based decision-making, into more automated and data-driven decisions using a variety of tools that apply optimization techniques. These techniques use mathematical methods to improve decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, business planners and executives still need to spend considerable time and effort to (i) understand and explain the recommendations coming out of these technologies; (ii) analyze various scenarios and answer what\/if questions; and (iii) update the (mathematical) models used in these tools to reflect current business environments. Addressing these challenges requires involving data science teams and\/or the technology providers to explain results or make the necessary changes in the technology and hence significantly slows down decision making.<\/p>\n<p>Motivated by the recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs), a type of Generative AI, we report how this disruptive technology can democratize supply chain technology \u2013 namely, facilitate the understanding of tools outcomes, as well as the interaction with supply chain tools without human-in-the-loop. Specifically, we report how we apply LLMs to address the three challenges described above, thus substantially reducing the time to decision from days and weeks to minutes and hours as well as dramatically increasing planners and executive productivity and impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/01\/how-generative-ai-improves-supply-chain-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_c8zp830\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col3-1 tb_vgrm831 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_klbi615 image-card-layout bordered  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1355\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi.jpeg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-8778\" title=\"SPEAKER: David Simchi-Levi\" alt=\"Professor of Engineering SystemsMIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi-680x1024.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi-768x1156.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    SPEAKER: David Simchi-Levi                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Professor of Engineering Systems<br>MIT        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col3-2 tb_fbzp831 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_calb122 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-calb122-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-calb122-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">About The Speaker<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-calb122-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-calb122-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>David Simchi-Levi holds the MIT William Barton Rogers Professorship (named after the founder &amp; first president of MIT), is a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and serves as the head of the MIT Data Science Lab.\u00a0 He is considered one of the premier thought leaders in supply chain management and business analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Simchi-Levi is the former Editor-in-Chief of Management Science (2018-2023), one of the two flagship journals of INFORMS. He served as the Editor-in-Chief for Operations Research (2006-2012), the other flagship journal of INFORMS and for Naval Research Logistics (2003-2005).<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2020, he was awarded the prestigious INFORMS Impact Prize for playing a leading role in developing and disseminating a new highly impactful paradigm for the identification and mitigation of risks in global supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>He is an INFORMS Fellow and MSOM Distinguished Fellow and the recipient of the 2020 INFORMS Koopman Award given to an outstanding publication in military operations research; Ford Motor Company 2015 Engineering Excellence Award; 2014 INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice; 2014 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Award; and 2009 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize.<\/p>\n<p>He was the founder of LogicTools which provided software solutions and professional services for supply chain optimization. LogicTools became part of IBM in 2009. In 2012 he co-founded OPS Rules, an operations analytics consulting company. The company became part of Accenture in 2016. In 2014, he co-founded Opalytics, a cloud analytics platform company focusing on operations and supply chain decisions. The company became part of the Accenture Applied Intelligence in 2018.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_yham639\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_ysgn640 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tcqu650   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Please submit any questions to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ExecutiveForum@informs.org\">ExecutiveForum@informs.org<\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_rmu6747 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Invitation Only Sunday, April 6, 2025 from 5:30-7:00pm ET This exclusive gathering for senior executives and enterprise leaders provides a special opportunity to network with colleagues and discuss important issues in analytics. 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The Executive Forum is an excellent kick-off for the\u00a02025 INFORMS Analytics+ Conference that is especially tailored to help executives get the most out of the conference.<\/p> <p>This event encourages collaboration among executives across the globe, Executive Forum is open to both INFORMS members and not yet members.<\/p> <h3><strong>Executive Forum Benefits at a Glance<\/strong><\/h3> <ul> <li>Flash talk covering a current hot topic for senior industry leaders<\/li> <li>Network with top executives from around the country<\/li> <li>Engage in thought-provoking discussions, share experiences and gain insights into how peers are responding to similar challenges and driving innovation and organizational success<\/li> <\/ul> <h3><strong>Executive Forum Registration<\/strong><\/h3> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/1IHDpYDKET2qVM3yzE6i9HA21xem\">Submit your Executive Forum interest form here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>All selected invitees will receive a link to RSVP to this FREE event.<\/p> <p>Space is limited; INFORMS may not be able to accommodate all requests and will confirm your status by return email.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3449182\/0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3449182\/0a273d69-078c-4d5a-a9ce-43e060a8898b.png\" alt=\"Register for the 2025 Executive Forum\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Generative AI Improves Supply Chain Management<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Supply Chain Management requires addressing a variety of complex decision-making challenges, from sourcing strategies to planning and execution. Over the last few decades, advances in computation and information technologies have enabled the transition from manual, intuition and experience-based decision-making, into more automated and data-driven decisions using a variety of tools that apply optimization techniques. These techniques use mathematical methods to improve decision-making.<\/p> <p>Unfortunately, business planners and executives still need to spend considerable time and effort to (i) understand and explain the recommendations coming out of these technologies; (ii) analyze various scenarios and answer what\/if questions; and (iii) update the (mathematical) models used in these tools to reflect current business environments. Addressing these challenges requires involving data science teams and\/or the technology providers to explain results or make the necessary changes in the technology and hence significantly slows down decision making.<\/p> <p>Motivated by the recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs), a type of Generative AI, we report how this disruptive technology can democratize supply chain technology \u2013 namely, facilitate the understanding of tools outcomes, as well as the interaction with supply chain tools without human-in-the-loop. Specifically, we report how we apply LLMs to address the three challenges described above, thus substantially reducing the time to decision from days and weeks to minutes and hours as well as dramatically increasing planners and executive productivity and impact.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/01\/how-generative-ai-improves-supply-chain-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi.jpeg\" title=\"SPEAKER: David Simchi-Levi\" alt=\"Professor of Engineering SystemsMIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi-680x1024.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/files\/2025\/02\/levi-768x1156.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <h3> SPEAKER: David Simchi-Levi <\/h3> Professor of Engineering Systems<br>MIT\n<ul><li><h4>About The Speaker<\/h4><p>David Simchi-Levi holds the MIT William Barton Rogers Professorship (named after the founder &amp; first president of MIT), is a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and serves as the head of the MIT Data Science Lab.\u00a0 He is considered one of the premier thought leaders in supply chain management and business analytics.<\/p> <p>Professor Simchi-Levi is the former Editor-in-Chief of Management Science (2018-2023), one of the two flagship journals of INFORMS. He served as the Editor-in-Chief for Operations Research (2006-2012), the other flagship journal of INFORMS and for Naval Research Logistics (2003-2005).<\/p> <p>In 2023, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2020, he was awarded the prestigious INFORMS Impact Prize for playing a leading role in developing and disseminating a new highly impactful paradigm for the identification and mitigation of risks in global supply chains.<\/p> <p>He is an INFORMS Fellow and MSOM Distinguished Fellow and the recipient of the 2020 INFORMS Koopman Award given to an outstanding publication in military operations research; Ford Motor Company 2015 Engineering Excellence Award; 2014 INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice; 2014 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Award; and 2009 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize.<\/p> <p>He was the founder of LogicTools which provided software solutions and professional services for supply chain optimization. LogicTools became part of IBM in 2009. In 2012 he co-founded OPS Rules, an operations analytics consulting company. The company became part of Accenture in 2016. In 2014, he co-founded Opalytics, a cloud analytics platform company focusing on operations and supply chain decisions. The company became part of the Accenture Applied Intelligence in 2018.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Please submit any questions to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ExecutiveForum@informs.org\">ExecutiveForum@informs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Executive Forum Benefits at a Glance<\/strong><\/h2> <ul> <li>Flash talk on Applied AI and how senior industry leaders can realize on the promise of Analytics<\/li> <li>Engage in thought-provoking discussions, share experiences and gain insights into how peers are responding to similar challenges and driving innovation and organizational success<\/li> <li>Network with top executives from around the country<\/li> <\/ul>\n<h3>Space is limited<\/h3> INFORMS may not be able to accommodate all requests and will confirm your status by return email.\n<p>Interested in sponsoring the event and having your company name in front of this elite group of analytics leaders? <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSezCrGpRnXps7pwP-X2xU6QkIr--pbRUOqTIUXUu2UcANVAFA\/viewform\">Click here to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2> <p><strong>How much does it cost to attend?<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Cost for attending the Executive Forum is free! We recommend registering for the INFORMS Analytics Conference as well to maximize your experience but it is not a requirement for Executive Forum attendees. <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/register\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a\">Costs for the conference can be found here<\/a>.<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>Is there a cap on attendees for the Executive Forum?<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>We are limited based on the room size. However, there is not a limit on attendees per organization.<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>I am not an INFORMS member. Can I still attend?<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Yes! To encourage collaboration among executives across the globe, Executive Forum is open to both INFORMS members and not yet members.<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>What is the agenda for the 2024 Executive Forum?<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>The agenda is still being finalized however the <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/executive-forum\/\">2023 Executive Forum<\/a> event included a panel discussion\/presentation, breakout discussions, and networking among top executives.<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>Do I need to RSVP by a certain date to reserve my spot?<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>In your invitation you will find a link to RSVP for the 2024 Executive Forum.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>Please submit any questions to <a href=\"mailto:ExecutiveForum@informs.org\">ExecutiveForum@informs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/discussion-panel-from-2022-executive-forum.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Discussion panel from 2022 INFORMS Executive Forum\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/executive-forum-attendees.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" alt=\"2022 Executive Forum attendees\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/executive-forum-attendees-1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Join your peers at the Executive Forum\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/2022-executive-forum-attendees.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Join us at the 2023 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Contributing Sponsors<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/03\/AS-logo-Cropped.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" title=\"Executive Forum\" alt=\"Executive Forum\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/03\/SimpleRose.png\" width=\"275\" height=\"59\" title=\"Executive Forum\" alt=\"Executive Forum\">","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8773"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8842,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8773\/revisions\/8842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}