Each track offers 5-6 presentations on real-world analytic practice. Plus methodology and software tutorials. Tracks listed below, or search for topics of interest using the drop-down menu above.
Tracks:
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Theories of Practice: Deploying Analytics »
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- Procter & Gamble – William Tarlton, Supply Chain R&D Manager, Personal Beauty Care Products, on implementing inventory optimization at P&G.
- Pepsi Bottling Group – Arzum Akkas, Senior Project Manager, Supply Chain Technology, on retail out-of-stock reduction in a direct store delivery environment.
- Pennsylvania State University –Terry Harrison, Professor of Business, Professor of Supply Chain & Information Systems, and Thomas Robbins, Instructor in Supply Chain & Information Systems, on services supply chains.
- Xilinx – Alex Brown, Principal Engineer and Supply Chain Architect, on collecting and using demand information from customers and distributors to improve forecasts and supply chain performance.
- IBM –Markus Ettl, Manager of Supply Chain Analytics & Architecture, IBM Research, and Blair Binney, Manager of Demand/Supply Planning Process Transformation, IBM Integrated Supply Chain, on how analytics and collaborative processes improve distributor and IBM performance in the supply chain.
- University of North Carolina – Brian Tomlin, Assistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management, on supply chain risk management.
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- UPS, HP, P&G, AT&T- High-level panel on how internal analytics is funded within enterprises. Glenn Wegryn, Asociate Director of Global Analytics, P&G; Jack Levis, Director of Package Process Management, UPS; Sam Parker, Executive Director of Research, Quantitative Analysis & Systems, AT&T; Shailendra Jain, HP Solutions & Service. Moderator: Zahir Balaporia, Schneider National
- Pitney Bowes – Rungson Samroengraja, Vice President, New Product Development, on building better business models.
- ILOG – Jean Pommier, Vice President, Methodology, on ILOG’s methodology for implementation of decision-support systems.
- Intechné – Sanjay Saigal, CEO, on progress toward a "theory of Practice."
- INFORMS Prize Winner – The company that receives the 2008 INFORMS Prize will describe their work in effectively integrating analytics into organizational decision making.
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- Innovative Decisions - Kenneth P. Kuskey, Senior Principal, on a proven process of deliberative resource allocation.
- CH2M Hill –Daniel R. Pitzler, Consulting Economist, Decision Analysis, on decision making at local government.
- Strata Decision Technology - Don N. Kleinmuntz, Executive VP and CFO, and Professor of Policy and Management, USC, on resource allocation models for terrorism risk management.
- Decision Strategies Inc. - Patrick Leach, Engagement Leader, and author of Why Can’t You Just Give Me the Number?, on the battle against Bayesian amnesia.
- Kromite – Homie Razavi, Senior Partner, on pharma industry decision analysis from a consultant's viewpoint.
- Innovative Decisions – Dennis Buede, Executive Vice President, on making product development (system design) decisions with decision analysis.
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- Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Scott B. Cantor, Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Health Services Research, on decision analysis in medicine.
- Mayo Clinic –Mark J. Hayward, Vice Chair, Facilities & Systems Support, and Associate Administrator, Outpatient Operations, on applications of OR approaches at the Mayo Clinic.
- CHS Medical –Mel Hall, Chairman and CEO, statistical modeling for lowering health cost and improving workforce health.
- RTI International - Stephanie R. Earnshaw, Global Head, Health Economics US; and Stephen M. Beard, Global, Health Economics and European Operations, on supporting reimbursement of pharmaceuticals.
- George Mason University– Ariela Sofer, Professor and Chair, Systems Engineering & OR; and ISIS Group, Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, on optimization in medical diagnosis and treatment.
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- The World Bank – Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist, South Asia, on policy analysis with computable general equilibrium models.
- US Army and AT&T – LTC Lynette Arnhart, Branch Chief, Military Strength Analysis and Forecasting, US Army; and Kristen Gooch, OR Analyst, AT&T, on forecasting recruiting requirements for the US Army.
- Farm Foundation – Neil Conklin, President, on models for policy design and analysis in agriculture.
- International Resources Group – Gary Goldstein, Project Manager and Pat DeLaquil, Sr. Manager, on energy and strategic planning in a carbon-constrained world, the Markal/Times framework.
- US Army, Center for Army Analysis, Resource Analysis Div. – Lt. Colonel Robert D. Bradford and Tucker Hughes, OR Analyst, on the Army Reserve stationing study.
- Texas A&M – Bruce McCarl, Regents Professor of Agricultural Economics, on OR modeling for policy analysis related to energy, climate change and farm policy.
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- Intel – Jay W. Hopman, Researcher/Strategic Analyst, on bias in demand forecasting.
- InfoLogix – Douglas A. Samuelson, President, and Principal Decision Scientist, Serco, on managing competing risks.
- Land O’Lakes – Jim Williams, Manager, Operations Research, on continuous improvement for demand planning.
- Applied Quantitative Sciences – Michael A. Kubica, President, on applying simulation to align supply chains for novel products.
- JC Penney – William Cartwright, Senior Manager, Logistics Strategy, Planning and Analytics, on designing distribution networks using simulation and optimization.
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- Vanguard Software – Brian Lewis, Vice President, Professional Services, on
strategic forecasting: an application of collaborative modeling and simulation.
- Hewlett-Packard Company – Jerry Hwang, Risk Management Consultant,
on accounting for demand forecast bias.
- Georgia Institute of Technology – Evren Ozkaya, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, on
diffusion models for product life cycle forecasting.
- Northrop Grumman IT/TASC – John R. Tindle, Senior Decision Analyst, on
integrating operations research methodologies to improve analytical value.
- IBM Almaden Research Center – Ruoyi Zhou, Research Manager, on
applying text analytics and information mining in strategic planning.
- Hewlett-Packard Company – Thomas Olavson, Director, Strategic Planning & Modeling (SPaM), on
practicing OR in large companies.
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- Logitech, Inc. – Dennis Arnow, Director, Worldwide Demand Planning, on
aligning supply chain structures with corporate strategy.
- Georgia Institute of Technology – Özlem Ergun, Assistant Professor, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, on
lessons on disaster recovery from logistics at Home Depot and Waffle House.
- Frontline Systems Inc. – Daniel H. Fylstra, President and CEO, on
optimal decisions using robust, stochastic, and simulation optimization.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Jeremy F. Shapiro, Professor of Operations Research and Management Emeritus, on
supply chain network design in retailing companies.
- Spinnaker – Robert Benson, Managing Principal and Co-Founder, on supply chain planning at SanDisk.
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- IBM Almaden Research Center – Tobin J. Lehman, Services Scientist, Almaden Services Research Group, on creating structure and order from chaos.
- Duke University – Fernando G. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Fuqua School of Business, on dynamic cost reduction through process improvement in assembly networks
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- University of Toronto – Dmitry Krass, Professor of Operations Management and Statistics, Rotman School of Management, and Senior Partner, R&D, Custometrics, Inc., on
optimizing integrated direct marketing campaigns.
- Applied Optimization, LLC –
Vijay Hanagandi, Chief Technical Officer, on Olefins Furnace Feed scheduling decision-support system using optimization.
- Merrill Lynch & Co. – Yanni Papadakis, Vice President, Management Science, Business Intelligence, on
bridging statistics and optimization to uncover causal mechanisms.
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- Probability Management – Sam Savage, Consulting Professor, Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
- Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization –
Sean Willems, Boston University
- Open Source Solvers – Brady Hunsaker, Software Engineer, Google
- Nonlinear Complementarity and Extensions – Michael C. Ferris, Professor of Computer Sciences and Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin
- Urban Network Design – Hani S. Mahmassani, Patterson Distinguished Chair of Transportation, Northwestern University
- Reverse Supply Chains – Daniel Guide, Associate Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Pennsylvania State University
- System Dynamics – Jim Hines, Ventana Systems;
Past-President,
System Dynamics Society
- Achieving Optimal Solution Performance– Bjarni Kristjansson, President, Maximal Software
- The Art of Modeling – Jeffrey D. Camm, Professor and Department Head, Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management, University of Cincinnati
- Prediction and Decision Markets – Robin Hanson, Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, and Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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Leading solution providers like these offer demos and user sessions during the conference on Monday and Tuesday.
AIMMS- Paragon Decision Technology | AMPL Optimization
DecisionWare Ltda. | Demand Works | Fair Isaac | Frontline Systems, Inc.
ILOG, Inc. | Innovative Scheduling | LINDO Systems, Inc.
LLamasoft, Inc. | Maximal Software, Inc. | River Logic | Salford Systems
SAS | Vanguard Software | Ziena Optimization
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