December 1998 • Volume 25 Number 6 The following table of contents lists articles in the December 1998 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 Letters Forum Issues in Education Cyberspace INFORMS Online (IOL) Something I said? Oracle Real World Calendar New Books Call for Papers Industry Update CPMS Page Resource Directory A "yellow pages" for the OR/MS community: Listings of software vendors and consultants. Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Classifieds Features Strategic OR/MS By Peter C. Bell Operations research that achieves a sustainable, competitive advantage shakes up the corporate world.   Joe's Juggling Act By Bill Schineller Can an OR-based transportation management software application help smooth a major retailer's rocky road? A true story from the real world.   Ford's Wrenching Decision By Senthil A. Gurusami Confronted with a choice of suppliers, an auto giant finds decision analysis to be the right tool for a difficult job.   Computing Software for Optimization By Robert Fourer A survey of recent trends in mathematical programming systems.   Software Review: DecisionPro By Patricia A. Massimini and S.V. Massimini All-around program complements the toolbox of decision-support analysts.   INFORMS News INFORMS Prize President's Desk MOR Editor Election Results Lanchester Prize Kimball Medal Expository Writing Dantzig Subdivision Awards Teacher Workshop ICS Nominations PR Program In Memoriam: Richard Cyert Meetings OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 1998 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: 770-432-696 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 1998 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.