{"podcast":{"title":"Resoundingly Human","slug":"resoundingly-human-235651","podcast_index_feed_id":235651,"rss_url":"https://informs.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://resoundinglyhuman.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/2/0/6/d206a122ee3a13dc16c3140a3186d450/Libsyn-logo-size.jpg","author":"INFORMS","episode_count":100,"summary":"Resoundingly Human, the podcast from INFORMS, is dedicated to bringing O.R. and analytics to life by highlighting the incredible contributions of the men and women who are using O.R. and analytics to save lives, save money, and solve problems.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T10:21:07.252940+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resoundingly-human-235651"},"episode":{"title":"Feeding millions, powered by analytics: DFPD's Edelman Journey","slug":"feeding-millions-powered-by-analytics-dfpd-s-edelman-journey","published_at":"2026-04-06T01:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resoundingly-human-235651/feeding-millions-powered-by-analytics-dfpd-s-edelman-journey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resoundingly-human-235651","url":"https://informs.libsyn.com/feeding-millions-powered-by-analytics-dfpds-edelman-journey","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/informs/riverside_video1668056489___apr_05_2026_001_ashley_ks_studio.mp3?dest-id=732069","summary":"Each year, organizations from around the world demonstrate how advanced analytics and operations research are solving real problems at massive scale – from retail and logistics to healthcare systems, public services, and the complex networks that keep our world moving . Joining me today are members of the team from India's Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), working in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme in India and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Together, they developed Anna Chakra, an operations research–based decision support system designed to strengthen India's Public Distribution System by optimizing the logistics that move food across the country. Today we'll hear how this ambitious project came together – and how operations research is helping transform food distribution at national scale.","meta_description":"Each year, organizations from around the world demonstrate how advanced analytics and operations research are solving real problems at massive scale – fro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1678,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/resoundingly-human-235651/episodes/feeding-millions-powered-by-analytics-dfpd-s-edelman-journey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resoundingly-human-235651/feeding-millions-powered-by-analytics-dfpd-s-edelman-journey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}