This article summarizes the two-day discussion. It begins with a brief
summary of the characteristics of OT that make it promising for wides
pread use in industry, followed by a discussion of the panelists' expl
anation of why OT has not yet been widely adopted in the business envi
ronment. The article concludes with an outline of the panel's ideas on
where OT research efforts might best be allocated in order to maximiz
e the benefits for future industrial users of OT.