Message from Program Chair

San Francisco! The name conjures images of the Golden Gate Bridge, China Town, Russian Hill, Union Square, cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf (eating Dungeness crab), countless beaches, and quaint enclaves. The city has enchanted and inspired many poets, songwriters, artists, food connoisseurs, and now, dare we say it—academics. It certainly inspires our imagination.

With the advancement of supply-chain technologies, the globalization of commerce and lowering of international trade barriers continues to gain momentum. As the world seemingly contracts before us, cultural exchange is in full swing as the more we work together—the more we notice how different we are from one another. <more>

Program Highlights

The 2012 Annual Meeting will feature exciting plenary talks by leading professionals and academics from different tracks within the Decision Sciences realm. Stuart Kauffman on “Beyond Entailing Laws”: The Illusion in our Habit of Control and the Promise of a Habit of Enablement” (see more details) Jeffrey K. Liker on "The Myth of Top Down Decision Making:  Distributed Problem Solving at Toyota" (see more details) Jack Meredith on “OM Journal Research vis-à-vis Managerial Decisions: Where Are We?” (see more details)