e-Optimization.com

One Year Celebration

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One Community. One Focus. One Year Old.

e-Optimization.com has come a long way in only one year. And we're looking forward to greater success in the future. Whether you're part of a Fortune 500 company, or a "Mom and Pop" family business, the benefits of optimization can strengthen your profit potential. We want to help you succeed! Here's a quick look back at what has happened in Year One:

History

2000

May 7: Launch of site - INFORMS Salt Lake City
May 15: 100 people are now part of the optimization Who's Who
July 19: Our first Web event with John Birge
August 9: Start of the biweekly links by Michael Trick
September 5: 200 people in the Who's Who
September 20: Web event with Professor Warren Powell
October 13: 100 documents now featured on the site
November 5-December 5: Lindo Systems wins our first Case Study Contest
December 11: 50 companies are now part of the Solution Showcase

2001

February 9: Web event with LogicTools
March 12-March 30: Online survey about the site
April 23: 150 documents now available on the site
May 20-22: INFORMS San Diego
June 17-20: INFORMS Hawaii

Accomplishments & Milestones

More than 17,000 individual visitors
294 optimization professionals listed in Who's Who
58 companies listed in Solution Showcase
94 Community Connection Members
60 case studies
30 press articles
22 papers