December • Volume 34 Number 6 The following table of contents lists articles in the December 2007 print edition of OR/MS Today. You may follow any of the linked titles to read those items in their entirety. For quick navigation you may jump directly to any of the following sections: Departments Features INFORMS News Departments Inside Story President's Desk INFORMS Online Issues in Education Q.E.D. Was It Something I Said? Roundtable Profile Industry News ORacle Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features Sickly U.S. Healthcare System Needs Dose of O.R. By Paul O'Neill Former Treasury Secretary says half the $2-plus trillion dollars a year spent on healthcare is wasted. Sounds like a rich opportunity for O.R.   Humanitarian Relief Logistics By Ozlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak and Julie Swann Research center at Georgia Tech aims to have a positive impact on the world by improving the multi-billion dollar humanitarian relief sector.   The Right Not to Wait By Douglas A. Samuelson, Theodore T. Allen and Mikhail Bernshteyn Forecasting and simulation show promise in reducing waiting times to vote such as those that confronted voters during the 2006 Ohio election.   Mass Customization By Cliff Welborn Bits and pieces: What can a horse bit maker tell us about cutting-edge manufacturing strategies? Plenty.   Q&A: Doing Good with Good O.R. By Peter Horner INFORMS President-Elect Cynthia Barnhart discusses the state of the profession, aviation operations and her brush with fame.   Air Force Salutes Project SCOOP Compiled by Peter Horner 1947 task force bolstered by George Dantzig triggers "60 years of superior mathematical analysis" by USAF operations research personnel. INFORMS News Wein's Work on Homeland Security Wins President's Award INFORMS Election Results Veinott wins von Neumann Theory Prize Lanchester Prize Salutes TSP Book Jensen Receives Award for Teaching of OR/MS Practice Kimball Medals Awarded to Cook, Fisher Zipkin Receives Expository Writing Award Wein Earns Morse Lectureship Roundtable Celebrates 25th Anniversary INFORMS Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service page! OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 2007 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 506 Roswell Street, Suite 220, Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com URL: http://www.lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 2007 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.