Canada's big grocery chains face pressure to cut prices as food costs rise
Food prices rose by 5.8 per cent in September, prompting the federal government to ask Canada鈥檚 five largest grocery chains to provide a plan for how they will stabilize prices, with staple products a likely focus. 鈥淗igh transportation costs, inventory issues and other pressures driving up costs are subsiding,鈥� says Professor Saibal Ray, who specializes in Operations Management.
Desautels-developed AI app is helping monkeys avoid injury in Costa Rica
When endangered howler monkey populations cross Costa Rica鈥檚 roads, they are vulnerable to injury from electrical wires and passing cars. Associate Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, partnering with Reserva Conchal, is using artificial intelligence to help prevent these injuries from occurring.
Artificial intelligence is helping Costa Rica NGOs preserve biodiversity
During a sabbatical year, Prof. Juan Camilo Serpa visited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Costa Rica, and found that while they were doing a lot of great work to help animals, they had little access to advanced technologies like data analytics and artificial intelligence.
捆绑SM社区 expands its business analytics degree with online delivery
捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management is launching an online version of its top-ranked Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program.
捆绑SM社区 Desautels Costa Rica study trip applies data analytics to sustainability projects
捆绑SM社区 students are working with Costa Rican non-governmental organizations to safeguard howler monkeys from road hazards. Through their research, they鈥檝e created a "Mono-SOS" website for accident reporting in partnership with a local NGO, SalveMonos.
BSRM and MMA launch Data Sphere Lab
The Bensadoun School of Retail Management, in collaboration with the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) at 捆绑SM社区 Desautels Faculty of Management, is pleased to announce the launch of the Data Sphere Lab.
Go Wide or Go Deep? Assortment Strategy and Order Fulfillment in Online Retail
Authors: Sanjith Gopalakrishnan, Moksh Matta, Mona Imanpoor Yourdshahy and Vivek Choudhary
Publication: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Volume 25, Issue 3, May-June 2023, Pages 846-861
Prof Gopalakrishnan awarded FRQSC New Academics Grant
Congratulations to聽Sanjith Gopalakrishnan,聽Assistant Professor in Operations Management, who has been awarded the聽2023-2024 FRQSC New Academics Grant聽(Soutien 脿 la recherche pour la rel猫ve professorale):
Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains
One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence鈥攁nd the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.
Professor Nasiry awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Congratulations to Javad Nasiry,聽Professor in Operations Management who was awarded a 2022-2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
鈥淎nalytical Models for Electronics Waste Management鈥�
捆绑SM社区-led MiXR platform will connect Canada鈥檚 food and beverage sector
Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient.
SAQ to reduce refrigeration to lower emissions, but other operations emit more
Quebecers who want to buy cold beer and wine may soon need to head to their local d茅panneurs. The Societ茅 des alcools du Qu茅bec (SAQ) plans to reduce the number of fridges in their stores from 2700 to 918, saying it鈥檚 part of their plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According Desautels assistant professor of operations management Sanjith Gopalakrishnan, this a good first step but there are bigger pieces to consider.
New challenge drives awareness of the environmental impact of clothing
We all need to wear clothing, but the environmental impact of purchasing clothing is significant, and a new initiative asks people to reflect on their own consumption. Participants in the New Clothing Detox Challenge refrain from clothing purchases during the month of March.
Companies must decarbonize supply chains to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and this can create risk for investors
As part of their effort to reduce emissions, large companies like McDonald鈥檚 have announced cuts to emissions from their own operations and power supply. These are known as Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, respectively. But large firms often do less to address emissions generated by the products they sell, which are known as Scope 3 emissions. McDonald鈥檚 is planning to install LED lights and power its restaurants with renewable energy.
Maxime Cohen and Saibal Ray named Top Retail Influencers for 2023聽
Two faculty members of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management were named to Rethink Retail鈥檚 Top Retail Influencers list for 2023.聽 Professors Maxime Cohen and Saibal Ray were both recognized with this distinction, alongside some of the world鈥檚 t
