Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (ASMBI) has just published a special issue on Data Science in Business and Industry, guest edited by David Banks, Alba Martínez-Ruiz, David F. Muñoz, and Javier Trejos-Zelaya. Statistical learning and stochastic modelling are the engines of data science. The models and methods help businesses leverage data to make better decisions and use resources more efficiently. Information and communications technologies have forever changed business planning and have led to