These shoes were made for walking ... to the Edelman Award competition!

These shoes were made for walking ... to the Edelman Award competition!

From Resoundingly Human by INFORMS

March 14, 2026 · 13 min

About this episode

The episode discusses how ECCO uses advanced analytics to optimize their inventory management across global retail locations.

Each year, finalists in the Franz Edelman Award Competition demonstrate how advanced analytics and operations research are solving real problems at massive scale – from the products we buy and the packages we receive to the healthcare we rely on and the policies that shape our communities. Joining me today are members of the team from ECCO , the globally recognized footwear brand known for its vertically integrated supply chain and retail operations. Managing inventory across hundreds of retail locations around the world is a massive logistical challenge. Historically, store replenishment decisions were made manually, which often led to inconsistent ordering, operational inefficiencies, and missed opportunities to optimize inventory placement. To address this, ECCO's data & AI team developed a powerful analytics system that uses large-scale stochastic mixed-integer programming to automate store replenishment decisions across their global retail network.

People in this episode

Host: not specified

Topics covered

  • advanced analytics
  • operations research
  • supply chain management
  • inventory optimization
  • retail logistics

Keywords

  • ECCO
  • Edelman Award
  • analytics
  • operations research
  • supply chain
  • inventory management
  • retail

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ECCO

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