CPMS: The Practice Section

Purpose: CPMS is concerned with the practice of operations research and the management sciences. Rather than any specific technical methods or areas of study, CPMS is concerned with how all methodologies are applied in environments where customers seek the help of practitioners to solve problems, reduce costs, or otherwise improve results.

On-Demand Edelman Award Presentations

View outstanding examples of difference-making OR/MS and advanced analytics in practice. These presentations are originally made at the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and O.R. and compete for INFORMS top practice prize.

2012 Edelman Award presentations

2011 Edelman Award presentations
 
2010 Edelman Award presentations

On-Demand Wagner Prize Presentations

View presentations of verifiable O.R. practice success that made a substantial difference in their organizations with the Wagner Prize Presentations. Use them in the classroom or to apply lessons learned to your own organizations.

Presentations originally made at the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting

Presentations originally made at the 2010 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

Presentations originally made at the 2009 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

Management Insights

Keep up to date on the practice relevance of each article in INFORMS premier journal Management Science. These plain English updates are written by CPMS Secretary and Analytics Section president, Michael F. Gorman.

Edelman and Wagner Papers in Interfaces

Each year, the Jan/Feb issue of Interfaces is the Edelman Award Special Issue. Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects from the previous year. Free access to abstracts. Subscription required for full text.

2012 Interfaces features 2011 presentations
2011 Interfaces features 2010 presentations
2010 Interfaces features 2009 presentations

Each year, the Sept/Oct issue of Interfaces is the Wagner Prize Special Issue. Read these expertly written accounts of verfiable O.R. success from the previous year. Free access to abstracts. Subscription required for full text.

2012 Interfaces features 2011 presentations (Coming Sept. 2012)
2011 Interfaces features 2010 presentations
2010 Interfaces features 2009 presentations
2009 Interfaces features 2008 presentations