Milestones
| 1952 | ORSA founded, Operations Research begins publication |
| 1953 | TIMS founded |
| 1954 |
C. West Churchman appointed managing editor First issue of Management Science published First TIMS annual Meeting held |
| 1960 | First issue of Management Technology published |
| 1961 | Robert M. Thrall appointed editor-in-chief |
| 1965 |
Management Technology absorbed by Management Science (becomes Series B) Management Science initiates Series A (Theory), Series B (Managerial), Series C (Bulletin) Sebastian B. Littauer appointed Series B editor Joseph P. Hoagbin appointed Series C editor Martin K. Starr initiates a “Free for All” column in Series B |
| 1966 | Martin K. Starr appointed Series B editor |
| 1967 |
Series A renamed “Theory” series; Series B renamed “Application” series (letters are dropped) TIMS Bulletin begins separate publication from Management Science Harry Stern initiates an Information Systems in Management Science column Kenneth A. Longman initiates a Marketing Science column Transportation Science begins publication Martin K. Starr becomes editor-in-chief |
| 1969 | Department editor structure adopted in which submissions are made to DEs rather than EIC |
| 1970 |
R&D department introduced Interfaces begins publication |
| 1971 | Book reviews move from Management Science to Interfaces |
| 1974 |
First joint ORSA/TIMS National Meeting held in Boston OR/MS Today begins publication Interfaces switches from a TIMS publication to a joint ORSA/TIMS publication |
| 1975 |
Distinction between Theory and Application series eliminated Mathematics of Operations Research begins publication |
| 1978 | Simulation department introduced |
| 1982 | Marketing Science begins publication |
| 1983 |
Donald G. Morrison appointed editor-in-chief Accounting becomes a separate department instead of being combined with Information Systems |
| 1989 | ORSA Journal on Computing begins publication |
| 1990 |
Information Systems Research begins publication Organization Science begins publication |
| 1991 | Gabriel R. Bitran appointed editor-in-chief |
| 1992 | Interdisciplinary Management Research and Applications department introduced |
| 1995 | ORSA and TIMS merge into INFORMS |
| 1996 | ORSA Journal on Computing becomes INFORMS Journal on Computing |
| 1997 | Hau L. Lee appointed editor-in-chief |
| 1999 |
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management begins publication Supply Chain Management department introduced |
| 2001 | Management Science begins accepting electronic submissions through online system |
| 2003 |
Wallace J. Hopp appointed editor-in-chief Product Development added to R&D department |
| 2004 |
Decision Analysis begins publication Management Science celebrates 50 years of publication |