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New Research Showcases Pivotal Shift Toward Energy Democracy
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BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 – New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is guiding the development of more inclusive and efficient electricity markets. The work demonstrates how aggregating small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels can effectively balance the power of large utility companies.

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Spikes in violent theft frightening customers, damaging business of brick-and-mortar retailers
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Retail insiders blame soft-on-crime policies, understaffing, urban trends

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De-risking global supply chains: Looking beyond material flows
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Global supply chains are undergoing an irrevocable shift. While material flows remain critical, they are only the most visible aspect of this transition. Beneath the surface, changes in information exchanges, financial reconfigurations, and human capital movements are posing far greater risks to the benefits of global trade. The US, China, and the rest the world must handle these changes with care and perspective.

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Decision Science Digest: December 21, 2023

Decision Science Digest: December 21, 2023

News Release, December 21, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, December 21, 2023 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • New Research Finds Telework During Disasters Reduced Workplace Gender Inequality (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
  • Finding a Solution for Nurse Turnover Rates at Aging Facilities, How its Leading to Better Quality and Cost of Elder Care (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • The Cost of Midyear School Assessments, Do Bonuses Help Incentivize Everyone Involved? (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • A Bike and Robot Working Together—Researchers Say it Could Be the Key to More Efficient E-commerce Deliveries (INFORMS journal Transportation Science)
White House Hosts First Meeting of Supply Chain Resilience Council

White House Hosts First Meeting of Supply Chain Resilience Council

Supply Chain Brain, December 20, 2023

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains became mainstream news when the Suez Canal was blocked by the Ever Given, and ports were clogged with countless vessels waiting to dock, resulting in the idling of 10% of the world’s container capacity. While most disruptions have dissipated, continued challenges led to the White House giving supply chains another bump in the news cycle with its inaugural meeting of the Council on Supply Chain Resilience.

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