A self-described optimist, Pinar Keskinocak doesn’t like to be the bearer of bad news. But the model she codeveloped at Georgia Tech of the COVID-19 pandemic in that state paints a “really bleak” picture of what lies ahead when physical distancing slowly erodes after shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders end.
This just in: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced they are preparing to start taking passengers’ temperatures as a way to move forward and help increase safety and prevent COVID-19 infected passengers from boarding airplanes. While this sounds good in theory, it will do nothing to make air travel safer for passengers.
Although health officials remain adamant that social distancing practices need to be maintained into June, few are confident in our ability to do so.
Your willpower is fraying. Mine is too. For two months we’ve been good. We’ve Zoomed. We’ve FaceTimed. We’ve waved at neighbors from across the street and behind the fence. But enough is enough. We want to see friends and family in real life.
A method for capacity planning, tested at the Volkswagen Pre-Production Center (VPC) where the automaker manufacturers prototype vehicles, helped increase manufacturing volume by 25% and personnel utilization by 26%, according to a paper published this month in the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics.
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