The Dialog Goes On
Posted on February 28, 2008
In thanking everyone for joining in the conversation at DIALOG 08, Jean-François Abramatic, ILOG's Chief Product Officer was reminded of the second World Wide Web Conference that he attended in Chicago in 1994.
In the closing session of that event, the attendees were invited to debate the question of whether or not a physical conference was actually needed any more. After all, we now had the Web and email, so…
And the Winner is… “Writing Better Mixed Integer Programming Models”
Posted on February 27, 2008
 After a follow-up paper vote on Monday, the most popular presentation selected for Irv Lustig's last Opti session of the day was "Writing Better Mixed Integer Programming Models."
I suspect Irv organized a second vote because he wanted to avoid having to give the "Introduction to ILOG CP Optimizer" presentation which actually won the original electronic vote. Whether or not there was any vote-rigging involved, I don't know, but I…
Special Lunch and Learn: “Smart (Enough) Systems” with James Taylor
Posted on February 27, 2008
It was another working lunch today. I sat in on James' "lunch and learn" session to hear him sharing feedback from the event and discussing best practices with about a dozen or so customers and ILOGers. Below are a few snippets from the informal discussion.
James was blogging the BRMS track throughout the conference and you can find more insights and commentary in his Live from DIALOG series over on his…
Optimizing Resources and Supply Chain Management in Biotech/Biopharmaceuticals
Posted on February 27, 2008
In this session, Prasad Saraph from Bayer Healthcare's Biotech Pharmaceuticals Division provided a fascinating insight into the supply chain issues that Bayer faces in producing one of its key biotech pharmaceutical products.
Kogenate is a leading treatment for hemophilia-A, a genetically transmitted condition that prevents blood clotting and affects 400,000+ people worldwide.
Prasad began with some startling figures: 1,600 employees in 15 manufacturing plants work continuously throughout the year to…
Flexibility, Scalability and High Performance: How to Have It All
Posted on February 26, 2008
James R. Reid, senior director of technology—Analytics, Equifax
 James covers how ILOG's BRMS is integrated into Equifax InterConnect. InterConnecct is Equifax's decisioning platform which automates credit and lending processes.
Some points from James' presentation:
For rule development, typically the business requirements come in from the business user/analyst. Within the rules studio Equifax have their own custom plug-ins on top of the BRMS. For instance, a BOM plug-in to verbalize all BOMs.Equifax…
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