INFORMS Releases

New audio is available for media use featuring public health science expert Julie Swann on the emergence of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus and its impact on individuals, what is known, what has yet to be learned, and what mitigation protocols should be in place for this and future variants.

New audio is available for media use featuring supply chain expert Tinglong Dai on holiday gift-buying and the nation’s current supply chain crisis. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Tinglong Dai. He is a professor of operations management and business analytics at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He also has joint faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science. He is on the core faculty and leadership team of the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative. There are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 22, 2021.

New audio is available for media use featuring supply chain expert Anna Nagurney on food shortages, the holiday season and the nation’s current supply chain crisis. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Anna Nagurney. She is the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies and is PhD Coordinator in Management Science as well as the Director, Virtual Center for Supernetworks Operations & Information Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 18, 2021.

New audio is available for media use featuring supply chain expert Robert Handfield on the nation’s current supply chain crisis and the actions that need to be taken to address it. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Robert Handfield. He is the executive director of supply chain resource cooperative, and he’s the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of operations and supply chain management at North Carolina State University. There are four questions and responses. 

BALTIMORE, MD, November 15, 2021 – As multiple published reports indicate, trust in government has reached historic lows and frustration with government performance has reached record highs. New research in the INFORMS Journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management finds that in co-productive settings, such as government services, people’s trust and engagement levels can be enhanced by increasing operational transparency.