BA 353: Operations Management {Spring 2019}
General Course Material:
Exam 1 Material:
Notes: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Schedule for Weeks 3 and 4
- Take Home Exam 1: StoneAge
data, Ska
data
- In Class Exam 1 (Your choice to take on Fri
2/1 at 9:05am or 1:25pm or on Mon 2/4 at 9:05am or 1:25pm)
- All outstanding assignments are due on Monday 2/4 by
2:30pm.
Intro to OM:
· Chapter: Intro to OM -- Available on Canvas.
o Answers: 1) 35.25, 35.5, 8, 2) $370,000, 3) 20%, 75%, 5%, 4) line: y = 4.5X+69149, prediction: x = $50k, y = $295k, r = 0.98 -- which means a good fit, very linear, highly correlated, 5) $5000/$15000 = 33%
Topic 1: Decision Analysis
· Decision Analysis Intro and HW2
· Chapter: DA -- click link or find on Canvas.
·
Should American Airlines expand to DRO?, YES! Old
Article and New
Article
·
ICE 2
·
Minimax Regret:
o Videos and Wikipedia Example
Topic 2: Forecasting
· Chapter: FC -- This chapter is available on Canvas.
- Forecasting Spreadsheet
- ICE 3
Homework 3(cancelled)- Seasonality Handout,
Seasonality Spreadsheet
Exam 2 Material:
Notes:
Week 5: Return Exams, LP Example A), Week 6: Solve LP Example
B) – by hand and with Excel Solver – and ICE 4,
Weeks 7 & 8
Note: The McDonald’s data changed recently
~2/26. This means multiple correct
answers exist. See FLC email for
details!!!
- In Class Exam 2 (Your choice to take on Weds
2/27 at 9:05am or 1:25pm or on Fri 3/1 at 9:05am or 1:25pm)
Topic 3: Linear Programming:
- Chapter: LP -- Click on this link or find this chapter on Canvas.
- Linear Programming Handout and Homework 4 Skip the last two problems
until after Spring Break.
- LP Solver Example
A)
- ICE 4
- Example C)
Exam 3 Material:
Notes: M 3/11: Return Exams, Review Hard LP 1), W 3/13 & F 3/15: ICE 5, M 3/18, W 3/20, F 3/22: Complete ICEs 6 and 7, M 3/25: Start Simulation Example A), W 3/27: Simulation Example D), F 3/29: Start THE3, M 4/1: Sim Ex B), W 4/3, F 4/5: In Class Exam 3
·
Take
Home Exam 3 (Friday 4/5 Monday 4/8 by
2:30pm)
· In Class Exam 3: Your choice, Friday 4/5 or Monday 4/8.
o Will cover CPM and Ballpark Probabilities
o Need to take it earlier? Arrange a different time with me.
Topic 3: Linear Programming:
- Hard LPs, Gasoline example from class with Excel Answer
- ICE 5: Solve some problems from the Hard LP handout or the last two
problems of HW 4 from the online LP Chapter. 1) Write down
the LP Model on paper, 2) enter it into Excel and solve with
Solver, 3) interpret the answers -- the cost and how
much of each to combine.
- The
exact number of problems due and when will be discussed in class on
Monday 3/11.
- For
full credit on ICE 5, either
- Solve
2 Hard LP problems and attend class on both W 3/13 and F 3/15
- Solve
3 Hard LPs
- Extra Credit: Solve even more (4+) problems from either the last two problems
from HW 4 or any other problem from the Hard LP handout.
Topic 4: Project Management:
Topic 5: Simulation
- Simulation Examples:
A) PERT/CPM Simulation, B) Investment, C) Investment,
D) Inventory Control
Exam 4 Material:
Notes: Last Five Days. Last ICE, THE4 and THFE are all due on Tuesday 4/23 at noon.
- Take Home Exam 4 (THE4): This assignment
will be handed out in class on Monday 4/15 and will not be available
online. See me if you miss class and need a copy.
- Take Home Final Exam (THFE): This assignment will
be handed out in class on Friday 4/12 and will not be available
online. See me if you miss class and need a copy.
Topic 6: Inventory:
- Email from a
former student
- Inventory Handout
- Last ICE
- Chapter: Inv
-- On Canvas