October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
696 pages
34h 17m
English
Content preview from Operations Management: An Integrated Approach, 5th Edition
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- Spreadsheets for Example B.1 and Solved Problems 1, 2, and 3 are available on the CD.
- Frontline Systems, Inc. developed Solver for Microsoft and continues to develop enhanced versions of Solver. Go to http://www.solver.com and gather information about Front-line's products and services. Prepare a one-page summary.
- Lindo Systems, Inc. is a developer of several different optimization tools, including What's Best, which is a competitor to Solver. Go to http://www.lindo.com/table/wbt.html and gather information about this product. How does it compare to Solver?
- Go to http://www.solver.com/solutions.htm. Optimization examples from finance, investment, production, distribution, purchasing, and scheduling are available. Choose two examples from two different areas. Study the examples, and prepare a ten-minute presentation to explain the examples.
- On Wendy's Web site (http://www.wendys.com), you can build a meal and obtain all the nutritional information. Click on the “Nutritional Guide” to access this part of the Web site. Build a meal plan for a one-day diet, and assess the nutritional value. Compare and contrast this diet-planning tool with the optimization-based approach presented in Solved Problem 2.
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