Article ID: | iaor20012824 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 23 |
End Page Number: | 30 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
Journal: | Interfaces |
Authors: | Dutta Goutam |
Keywords: | practice |
I worked on modeling integrated steel plants in India (as an analyst) and in the USA (as a doctoral student). The following factors influence the success of OR/MS practice: positioning the OR/MS team in operations, not in research and development; selecting the right problems; emphasizing problem solving, not model building; learning from failures; the right academic and practical training; and experience working on the shop floor of a factory. Universities should teach OR as research into operations and emphasize the process of implementation.