Port workers strike could snarl the supply chain and bust your holiday budget
Americans could face high prices and shortages again this holiday season but this time, it would be because of a worker strike instead of a global pandemic.
INFORMS has awarded Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) its 2026 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for reengineering how global cloud infrastructure is planned and delivered, applying advanced analytics and AI to orchestrate complex fulfillment decisions across its rapidly expanding data center network.
INFORMS has awarded the 2026 UPS George D. Smith Prize to the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). The award recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of O.R. and analytics.
In the rush to adopt artificial intelligence, many employers are now requiring that employees use AI tools. As you’re using AI, be intentional and selective. It’s critical that you know yourself. Research published in Management Science found that AI is most valuable for people who understand their own abilities and limitations. Assess yourself, so you can factor this into your process for incorporating AI into your work.
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Americans could face high prices and shortages again this holiday season but this time, it would be because of a worker strike instead of a global pandemic.
Carlson School of Management Information & Decision Sciences Professor Alok Gupta is receiving the INFORMS Fellow Award, a lifetime achievement recognition from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
The U.S. trade rule known as de minimis has powered the meteoric rise of China-founded e-commerce marketplaces like Temu and Shein, but a White House proposal that would drastically limit this trade provision may force companies to raise prices, revamp their supply chains and slow down shipments.
Truck drivers continue to tell News 12 that they’re frustrated, saying the lines are intentional as workers slow their work inside the terminal.
A crisis can alter one's personal considerations of the benefits and costs related to choices around data and privacy. In a new study, researchers used location data before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to determine how U.S. consumers reacted. They found that decisions to opt out of privacy declined and conclude that societal considerations might have influenced consumers' choices; ideology and demographics also played a role.

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