Helene tests nation's supply chain as labor woes threaten major disruption
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Decision Science Digest: September 30, 2024
News Release, September 30, 2024
BALTIMORE, MD, September 30, 2024 –
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.
- Focusing on the Family: A Breakthrough in Genetic Testing that Provides Health Information to Everyone, Not Just One Person (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
- Utilizing Drones to Save Lives and Fight the Opioid Epidemic: New Model Can Save up to 33 Lives per Year (INFORMS journal Operations Research)
- Generative AI Interprets Reactions to Polarizing Content: Social Media vs. Email (INFORMS journal Management Science)
- Identifying Depression and Preventing Suicide: New Model Utilizes Social Media Data to Save Lives (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
Port workers strike could snarl the supply chain and bust your holiday budget
USA Today, September 27, 2024
Americans could face high prices and shortages again this holiday season but this time, it would be because of a worker strike instead of a global pandemic.
Alok Gupta Named INFORMS Fellow
University of Minnesota, September 26, 2024
Carlson School of Management Information & Decision Sciences Professor Alok Gupta is receiving the INFORMS Fellow Award, a lifetime achievement recognition from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
Marketplace Briefing: How changes to de minimis imports could upend online marketplaces
Modern Retail, September 26, 2024
The U.S. trade rule known as de minimis has powered the meteoric rise of China-founded e-commerce marketplaces like Temu and Shein, but a White House proposal that would drastically limit this trade provision may force companies to raise prices, revamp their supply chains and slow down shipments.
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