Because It's Valentine's Day!

After a departmental meeting to evaluate PhD applicants, I came home to a bouquet of roses. They are so beautiful and bright and such a contrast to our white snowy landscape outside I thought I would preserve the beauty in the photograph below.

 

For those of us who love logistics and supply chains, the following graphic was brought to our attention through The Operations Room blog:  Supply Chain 24/7 (The Logistics of Delivering Fresh Roses In Time for Valentine’s Day, Feb 13:

More about  this special day on Dr. Laura McLay's highlights on operations research and finding love.