Major Operations Research Societies

Academy of Management Operations Management Division
The Operations Management Division focuses on the management of the transformation processes that create products or services. Conceptual, empirical, and methodological contributions are encouraged, as are cross-functional linkages and perspectives. Major topics include operations strategy, product and service development, supply chain management, project management, and quality management, as well as international, human resources, environmental, and IT issues facing operations.

APICS - The Association for Operations Management
APICS builds operations management excellence in individuals and enterprises through superior education and training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and a worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals.

Classification Society of North America
interdisciplinary organization whose purposes are to promote the scientific study of classification and clustering (including systematic methods of creating classifications from data), and to disseminate scientific and educational information related to its fields of interests.

Decision Sciences Institute

EURO
Association of European Operational Research Societies.

EURO EU/ME European Chapter on Metaheuristics
EU/ME: official EURO working group on metaheuristics

EURO Working Group on Data Envelopment Analysis and Performance Measurement.

EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis

EURO/WATT: Working group on Automated Timetabling
Formed to discuss, promote, and perform research into automated timetabling issues and methods.

INFORMS Online
12,000 member US-based society.

INFORMS Subdivisions.

International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS)

Mathematical Programming Society

Mathematical Programming Society: Nordic Section

MCDM WorldScan
International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making.

Military Operations Research Society

Operational Research Society
UK based operational research society. Very good links to history, current events, and other aspects of the OR/MS world.

SIAM
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Wide range of interests, including OR-related fields such as discrete mathematics and optimization

SIAM Activity Group on Optimization
Conferences, membership lists, pointers, and more

SOCIO Colombian Society of Operations Research

System Dynamics Society