Operations Research Society of the Philippines - Manila

In December 1986, at the initiative of the San Miguel Corporation’s OR Department, a testimonial dinner called “A Toast to OR Professionals” was held at SMC’s Andres Soriano Executive Center. The event generated an enthusiastic exchange of ideas and culminated in the formation of a working committee tasked to define the organization that was to be the Operations Research Society of the Philippines. In February 1987, the committee presented the Constitution and By-Laws for approval by the initial batch of some 50 members, and the ORSP formally came into being. Since then, ORSP has been at the forefront of promoting the advancement and practice of OR in the Philippines.The first ORSP symposium was held in June 1987 and featured OR applications in various sectors. This was to become  

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a regular event of the society in its drive to focus on the vast potential of OR/MS in the Philippines. Both local and foreign experts have presented papers before the ORSP membership.In December 1990, the ORSP went international and hosted its first International Conference on OR/MS (ICORMS). At about the same time, the first issue of the Philippine Journal of Operations Research was published. In 1997, ORSP hosted the second ICORMS, conducted jointly with the IFORS’ annual International Conference on OR in Development (ICORD). Another international event, the IFORS Workshop for Teachers in Developing Countries, was successfully organized by ORSP in July 2004.