We are drowning in numbers, and we no longer understand what they mean. Every day, headlines bombard us with figures meant to inform: billions in spending, trillions in debt, percentages signaling growth or decline. But for most of us, these numbers blur together. They register as “large” or “small,” but almost never as real. And that is more than a math problem. It is a civic one.
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.
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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In this Q&A, supply chain expert Zachary Collier looks at some ways supply chains are threatened today and how companies need to avoid a single point of failure in supply chains.
The world is sitting at a cusp: How best to respond to the rising number of cases of the human version of the monkeypox virus. The current international outbreak (B1) has already spread to more than 58 countries with more than 6,000 cases -- with ongoing monitoring of thousands more people with close contact. Monkeypox has been a heightened concern in several countries worldwide, especially Britain, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. So far, this is the largest international outbreak the world has seen.
In many ways, the emerging advanced air mobility market hopes to operate much like today’s commercial airlines: hundreds of passengers traveling every day aboard dozens of small, electric aircraft. But if this rapid, frequent service is to be achieved, the vertiports from which these air taxis would take off and land must have a lower level of security than today’s airports, according to industry experts.
A picture is worth a thousand words… and to restaurant owners and investors it could be worth their livelihood. New research in the journal Management Science finds that consumer-posted photos can serve as a strong leading indicator of restaurant survival above and beyond reviews, company, competition and macro factors.
For the first time since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced its three-level risk system in March 2022, on June 30 its community level map of Covid-19 cases had the dubious distinction of more counties classified as medium risk or high risk (55%) than those at low risk.
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