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Management of Operations
Textbook, Amazon link: [ TEXTBOOK ]

Course Material…

Lecture, Introduction, Word file: [ Definitions ]
Lecture, Quality-SPC, Word file: [ Quality ]
Introduction to Operations [ Video-1 ]
-Find Excel File used in Introduction Video here: [ Break-Even Analysis ]
Time Conversion [ Video-2 ]

VIDEOS

Introduction.
Introduction to Operations [ Video-1 ]
-Find Excel File used in Introduction Video here: [ Break-Even Analysis ]
Time Conversion [ Video-2 ]

Forecasting.
Introduction to Forecasting [ Video-1 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-1 here: [ Excel-1 ]
Moving Average Part 1 [ Video-2 ]
Moving Average Part 2 [ Video-3 ]
Moving Average in Excel [ Video-4 ]
Regression with Excel [ Video-5 ]
Seasonal Index Part 1 [ Video-6 ]
Seasonal Index Part 2 [ Video-7 ]
Time Series Decomposition with Excel [ Video-8 ]
Excel Tutorial: Time Series Decomposition by Filtering [ Video-12 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-12 [ Decomposition-Filtering ]
Excel Tutorial: Time Series Decomposition by Blocking [ Video-13 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-13 [ Decomposition-Blocking ]
Exponential Smoothing with Excel [ Video-9 ]
Forecast Accuracy [ Video-10 ]
Forecasting Worked problems with Excel [ Video-11 ]
-Find Excel File used in Forecasting Videos [ Forecasting ]
-Find Excel File on Trend Analysis [ Trend Analysis ]

Linear Programming.
LP Introduction [ Video-1 ]
-Find Excel File with all LPs [ LP-Excel ]
LP Product Mix with Excel [ Video-2 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-2 [ LP Product Mix ]
LP Ingredient Mix with Excel [ Video-3 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-3 [ LP-Ingredient Mix ]
LP Transportation-Part 1 with Excel [ Video-4 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-4 [ LP Transportation ]
LP Transportation-Part 2 with Excel [ Video-5 ]

Aggregate Planning.
Aggregate Planning, Strategies with Excel [ Video-1 ]
Aggregate Planning, Inventory with Excel [ Video-2 ]
Aggregate Planning, Min Cost with Excel [ Video-3 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-3 [ LP-AP ]
-Find Excel File used for LP [ AP-LP-Excel ]
-Find Excel File for Aggregate Planning Templates [ AP-Templates ]

Inventory.
-Constant Demand
Inventory Fundamentals [ Video-1 ]
EOQ [ Video-2 ]
ROP [ Video-3 ]
EOQ-Quantity Discounts with Excel [ Video-4 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-4 [ EOQ-QD ]
-Stochastic Demand
Statistical Safety Stock [ Video-1 ]
Single Period EOQ [ Video-2 ]
Base Stock Level [ Video-3 ]
Excel Tutorial: Mean and StdDev from Data [ Video-4 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-4 [ Mean&StdDev ]

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
MRP-Part 1 [ Video-1 ]
MRP-Part 2 [ Video-2 ]
MRP-Part 3 [ Video-3 ]
MRP-Part 4 Multiple Items [ Video-4 ]
Excel Tutorial: MRP [ Video-5 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-4 [ MRP ]

ABC Inventory Classification.

Scheduling.
Scheduling, Johnsons Rule, Gantt Charts, with Excel [ Video-1 ]
Job Shop Scheduling, Sequencing Rules [ Video-2 ]

Project Management.
Video for Critical Path Method [ Video-1 ]
–Find Excel file for CPM Video [ Excel (CPM) ]
Video for Earned Value Analysis [ Video-2 ]
Video for EVA with Excel [ Video-3 ]
–Find Excel file for EVA-w/Excel Video [ Excel (EVA) ]

Statistical Process Control.
Introduction to Statistical Process Control Charts [ Video-1 ]
Worked Problems for P-,C-,M-,R-Charts with Excel [ Video-2 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-2 [ SPC-Charts ]
Excel Tutorial: P-Chart [ Video-3 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-P-Chart [ SPC-P-Chart ]
Excel Tutorial: C-Chart [ Video-4 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-C-Chart [ SPC-C-Chart ]
Excel Tutorial: M&R Charts [ Video-5 ]
-Find Excel File used in Video-D-Chart [ M&R-Charts ]

Extensions to Operations Management.
Find Video for Extensions to Operations Management here [ Video ]
–Find Extensions Word file here [ Extensions ]
Find broader introduction in Videos:
Supply Chain Management [ Video-1 ]
-Find PDF here [ Supply Chain Management ]

Project List-A

Projects. Each project title represents a research area to explore beginning with the links to resources and topics listed for a person. Further research is encouraged and expected from this initial introduction of research areas.

Project 1. Forecasting.
Resource for the project is book at the link: [ Book ]
Forecasting: principles and practice 2nd Edition
by Rob J Hyndman (Author), George Athanasopoulos (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. Judgement (Ch. 4)
Person 2. ARIMA (Ch. 8)
Person 3. Non-linear (Ch. 5)
Person 4. Graphics (Ch. 2)

Project 2. Business Process Management (BPM)
Resource for the project is book at the link: [ Book ]
Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and
Six Sigma Professionals (The MK/OMG Press) Paperback – July 27, 2007
by Paul Harmon (Author), Business Process Trends (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. Enterprise-Level Concerns (Part I, Ch. 2-7)
Person 2. Process-Level Concerns (Part II, Ch. 8-14)
Person 3. Implementation-Level Concerns (Part III, Ch. 15-17)

Project 3. Business Analytics
Resource for the project is book at the link: [Book ]
Business Analytics 3rd Edition
by Jeffrey D. Camm (Author), James J. Cochran (Author), Michael J.
Fry (Author), Jeffrey W. Ohlmann (Author), David R. Anderson (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. Descriptive Analytics (Ch. 2-4, emphasize Ch. 3)
Person 2. Predictive Analytics (Ch. 9-11)
Person 3. Prescriptive Analytics (Ch. 12-14)
Person 4. Decision Analytics (Ch. 15)

Project 4. Business Sustainability
Resource for the project is book at the link: [Book ]
Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring
Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts Second Edition
by Marc J. Epstein (Author), Adriana Rejc Buhovac (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. Overview (Ch. 1)
Person 2. Measuring (Ch. 5,6)
Person 3. Improving (Ch. 7,8)
Person 4. Reporting (Ch. 9)

Project 5. Quality Management
Resource for the project is book at the link: [ Book ]
Total Quality Management: Key Concepts and Case Studies 1st Edition
by D.R. Kiran (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. Overview (Ch. 1)
Person 2. Tools (Ch. 20,21)
Person 3. Six-Sigma (Ch. 24, 32)
Person 4. QFD (Ch. 30)

Project 6. Project Management
Resource for the project is book at the link: [ Book ]
Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid
8th Edition by Robert K. Wysocki (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. What is a Project? (Ch. 1)
Person 2. What is Project Management? (Ch. 2)
Person 3. What is Strategic Project Management? (Ch. 3)
Person 4. Complexity & Uncertainty (Ch. 11)

Project 7. Supply Chain Management
Resource for the project is book at the link: [ Book ]
Essentials of Supply Chain Management (Essentials Series)
Paperback – March 13, 2018 by Michael H. Hugos (Author)
Each person will conduct a survey of each area listed below:
Person 1. Key Concepts (Ch. 1)
Person 2. Metrics (Ch. 5)
Person 3. Innovations (Ch. 7)
Person 4. Creating (Ch. 9)

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Project List-B

Project-1. Professional Organizations
For each profesional organization, describe certification, networking opportunities, and related job openings for career advancement.
Person 1. APICS [ www.apics.org ]
Person 2. S&OP [ www.sopinstitute.com ]
Person 3. IBF [ www.ibf.org ]
Person 4. ASQ [ www.asq.org ]

Project-2. Forecasting
Using the book as an initial reference, describe selected techniques. Present and describe industry examples.
Book Reference:
[ Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) 2nd Edition by Douglas C. Montgomery (Author), Cheryl L. Jennings (Author), Murat Kulahci (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-1118745113 ]
Amazon Link to Book: [Forecasting Text]
Person 1. Time Series Analysis [ ARIMA: Chapter 5 ]
Person 2. Causal Forecasting [ Regression: Chapter 3 ]
Person 3. Qualitative Forecasting [ Delphi Method: PDF-Delphi Method ]
Person 4-6. Other models [ Chapters 6 & 7 ]

Project 3. Optimization
Using the book as an initial reference: (1) describe selected integer programming techniques from Part I; (2) present industry examples from Part II&III.
Book Reference:[ Math Programming Models in Business Model Building in Mathematical Programming, 4th Edition 4th Edition by H. Paul Williams (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-0471997887 ]
Amazon Link to Book: [ Math Programming Text]
Person 1-3. Different techniques.

Project 4. Goal Programming
Using the book as an initial reference: (1) describe selected goal programming techniques from Chapters 1-6; (2) present industry examples from Chapters 8-9.
Book Reference:
[ Practical Goal Programming (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) 2010th Edition by Dylan Jones (Author), Mehrdad Tamiz (Author) Practical Goal Programming (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) 2010th Edition by Dylan Jones (Author), Mehrdad Tamiz (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-1441957702 ]
Amazon Link to Book: [Goal Programming Text ]
Person 1. Health Care Case Study
Person 2. Portfolio Selection Case Study

Project 5. Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC)
Using the book as an initial reference, describe selected techniques. Present and describe industry examples.
Book Reference:
[ Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management 1st Edition by F. Robert Jacobs (Author), William Berry (Author), D. Clay Whybark (Author), Thomas Vollmann (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-0071750318 ]
Amazon Link to Book: [Planning and Control Text ]
Person 1. ERP [ Chapter 2 ]
Person 2. MRP [ Chapters 8&9 ]
Person 3. S&OP [ Chapter 5 ]
Person 4. APS [ Chapter 6 ]
Person 5. Scheduling [ Chapter 12 ]
Person 6. JIT [ Chapter 13 ]
Person 7. DRP [ Chapter 14 ]
Person 8. SCM [ Chapter 15 ]

Project 6. Executive S&OP
Using the book as an initial reference, present and describe the Executive S&OP.
Book Reference:
[ Sales and Operations Planning: The How-to Handbook, 3rd ed. Paperback – February 1, 2008, by Thomas F. Wallace and Robert A. Stahl (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-0967488455 ]
Amazon Link to Book: [ S&OP Text ]
Person 1. Present major points in Part One (S&OP)
Person 2. Present major points in Part Two (Implementation)
Person 3. Present major points in Part Three (Features)
Person 4. Present major points in Part Four (Extentions)

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