INFORMS Releases

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 13, 2015 – A study on granting local sales people pricing discretion shows that profits improve by up to 11% when local sales forces are empowered to negotiate with customers. However a centralized system that uses optimization techniques and limits local sales discretion improves profits still further, by an additional 20%. The research appears in the current issue of Management Science, a publication of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the leading professional association in analytics and operations research.

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 6, 2015 – Companies engaging with customers on Twitter beware: responding to complaints on social media has the side effect of triggering new complaints. That is one finding of a new study published in the Articles in Advance section of Marketing Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 3, 2015 – The Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) program, the premier global professional certification program for analytics professionals, today unveiled it’s new brand identity package, including a new website and URL, explainer video and other material.

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the leading international association for professionals in analytics and operations research, today announced the finalists in its student math competition that sets contestants to finding solutions to major societal and humanitarian problems.

NASHVILLE, TN, July 16, 2015 – The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS^®), the leading professional association in analytics and operations research, is hosting its third Healthcare Conference with a far reaching series of presentations about the growing importance of analytics in healthcare. INFORMS Healthcare 2015 takes place July 29-31 at the Omni Nashville Hotel. It will feature 450 talks that span academia and business, helping decision makers better understand the value of analytics as a competitive driver in healthcare.