WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU

Success Stories

We've put together a library of dozens of brief O.R. cases for you to browse or search by industry, functional area, or benefit.

A few examples of the value you'll find:

• Ford used O.R. to optimize the way it designs and tests vehicle prototypes, saving $250 million.
• UPS used O.R. to redesign its overnight delivery network, saving $87 million plus an additional $189 million over the following decade.
• The U.S. Army used O.R. to increase recruiting 17.5% while saving 20%.
• NBC used O.R. to improve advertising sales plans, increasing revenues by over $200 million.
• The City of New Haven used O.R. to determine definitively that its needle exchange program was reducing HIV infection rates.

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