Analytics teams do not usually fail because they lack methods. They fail when the business decision is unclear before the work begins.

• Paulina Abramowicz

Coupang balances quality, speed, and cost at scale, allowing the company to respond quickly and accurately to strategic questions, including where to place inventory, where to position fulfillment capacity, how to allocate orders across the network, how to maximize throughput inside each fulfillment center, and how to plan middle-mile and last-mile transportation.

• Raj Nellore

There are many memorable moments in a golfer’s life. Breaking 90, 80 or 70 for the first time, striking a hole-in-one or scoring an eagle on a par-5 hole are some examples most golfers never forget.

• Lucius Riccio

The Decision Factory, a book by Adam DeJans Jr. and John Elam, is a business novel about a logistics company, Fulcrum Logistics, whose beautifully formulated optimization models keep collapsing under the weight of reality. The book’s central argument is simple, incisive, and more than a little uncomfortable for those in the optimization business. 

• Vijay Mehrotra