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M&SOM Practice Platform
The Seminar on Operations Practice Problems is a new initiative of the Practice Platform department of the M&SOM Journal. It has the goal to bring the voice of practitioners closer to the Operations community. One way we will accomplish this is through a seminar organized and hosted by the OM Practice Platform of the journal. The goal of this initiative is to inspire and facilitate new and exciting operations management research inspired by operations practice and which at the same time will be relevant and impactful to operations practice. This effort aims to feature invited practitioner presenters who will bring closer to our community (i) deep contextual knowledge of an industry practice area within the journal's purview; and (ii) some perspective on important and unmet operations related challenges that merit either immediate attention currently lacking or which will require attention in the near future. As a result, the Practice Platform Seminar will bring practitioners who will discuss their challenges to the community and who are eager to influence future research in our field.
Announcement
Stay tuned for our upcoming webinar series—designed to deliver practical insights and real-world strategies for professionals in practice-based industries. We're finalizing the schedule and topics now, so be sure to check back soon for details on how to participate.
Past Seminars
See below for the past seminars and links for more detailed information.
The M&SOM Journal Practice Platform department is working on bringing you more exciting seminars.
If you have any suggestions for a future seminar topic, please contact one of the following editors:
2025 Seminars
The first seminar of 2025 took place on June 18, 2025. Click to view more information Carbon-Aware Computing @ Google, and Beyond. It was presented by Ana Radovanovic at Google.
2024 Seminars
The second seminar of 2024 took place on December 2, 2024. Click to view more infomation Using Optimization and LLMs to Enhance Cloud Supply Chain Operations. It was presented by Beibin Li, Konstantina Mellou, Jeevan Pathuri, Ishai Menache, and Bo Zhang.
The first seminar of 2024 took place on Friday, May 10, 2024. Click to view more information Can AI Help Save Lives? Yes, But It's More Than Just Cool Math!. It was presented by Dr. Steve Miff of PCCI.
2023 Seminars
The third seminar of 2023 took place on Friday, November 3, 2023. Click to view more information The Energy Transition: Transforming Energy Systems and Supply Chains to Limit Global Warming via Decarbonization. It was presented by Jarand Rystad of Rystad Energy.
The second seminar of 2023 took place on Friday, September 8, 2023. Click to view more information Enabling Last-mile Workforce Welfare and Productivity: Research Opportunities from the Indian E-commerce Industry. It was presented by Chandrasekhar K and Shailendra Kumar from Flipkart, as well as Debjit Roy from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
The first seminar of 2023 took place on Friday, February 3, 2023. Click to to view more information Applications of OR/MS Methodologies in Biomanufacturing: Our Vision and Future Research Directions. It was presented by Oscar Repping, Marc Baaijens, Bram van Ravenstein, Annick Nusselder, and Coen Dirckx from Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Animal Health, as well as Tugce Martagan from the Eindhoven University of Technology.
2022 Seminars
The third and last seminar of 2022 took place on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Click to view more information Data-driven Decision Making in Small and Medium Businesses: Research Opportunities. It was presented by Assaf Avrahami from Hashavshevet-Wizsoft Group.
The second seminar of this initiative took place on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Click to view more information Managing Ambiguity at Scale: Lessons Learned During the Pandemic. It was presented by Prakhar Mehrotra and Monika Shrivastav from Walmart.
The first seminar took place on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Click to view more information Pooled Purchasing for Vaccines, Medicines and Other Health Technologies: Issues and Opportunities for Research. It was presented by Aurelia Nguyen, Brenda Waning, and Prashant Yadav from Gavi Vaccine Alliance.
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