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Syllabus

HERE is a copy of the syllabus.

Text

Operations Management, Ninth Edition

By Jay Heizer and Barry Render

Pearson / Prentice Hall

ISBN: 978-0138128784

Online Resources

You can access the web content from the text by using the CD included with the text or accessing http://www.prenhall.com/heizer and selecting the Companion Website for Operations Management 9/e.

Group Projects

There is a special grading scheme for the group projects. THIS document details how the project grades are calculated. We will go over this on 9/4/2008.

HERE is the write up on the forecasting project. We will go over the project on 9/4/2008. HERE are the group assingments.

HERE is the write up on the aggregate planning project. We will go over the project on 10/14/2008. HERE are the group assignments.

HERE is the write up on the final group project, Linear Programming. We will review this project on 11/18/2008. HERE are the group assignments. HERE is how to write up the Linear Programs and HERE is a brief tutorial for using solver in Excel 2003. (The 2007 version is coming soon.)

Updates on the Project: The revised due date is 11:59 PM on 12/5/2008. The group only needs to do 2 of the 3 problems.

Current Schedule

Here is the current schedule. It may change from time to time, so check back once in a while. The test dates are firm. I will add slides, assigments, etc. in this section.

DateCoverageAssignmentsNotes
8/26/2008 Introduction Read Chapters 1 and 2 Slides
8/28/2008 Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 1: Discussion Questions, Problems 1.2, 1.6, 1.8, 1.12, 1.6

Chapter 2: Discussion Questions, Problems 2.2, 2.6

Read Chapter 4

Chapter 1 Slides, Spreadsheet, Chapter 2 Slides
9/2/2008 Chapter 4

Discussion Questions, Problems 4.6 a), b) i), ii) and iii), 4.8 a) and b)

Slides, Spreadsheet
9/4/2008 Chapter 4

Problems 4.6 b) i), iv) c), 4.8) c), d), e), 4.14, 4.20, 4.26

Read Chapter 11

Slides, Spreadsheet
9/9/2008 Went over Chapter 4 homework. Discussed project grading.    
9/11/2008 Chapter 11 Discussion Questions, Problems 11.2, 11.6, 11.8, 11.10, 11.12, 11.14 Slides
9/16/2008 Writing Project Reports   Slides
9/18/2008 Test 1   Results, Answers
9/23/2008 Chapter 12 Discussion Questions, Problems 12.2, 12.8, 12.10, 12.12, 12.30 Slides
9/25/2008 Chapter 12 Problems: 12.16, 12.20 Slides
9/30/2008 Chapter 13 Discussion Questions, Problems: 13.2, 13.4, 13.6, 13.10, 13.12 Slides, Spreadsheet
DateCoverageAssignmentsNotes
10/2/2008 Chapter 13    
10/7/2008 No Class   Monday Schedule
10/9/2008 Chapter 14 Discussion Questions, Problems: 14.8, 14.10, 14.14, 14.17, 14.18 Slides, Spreadsheet, Forecasting Projects due by 11:59 PM on 10/12/2008
10/14/2008 Forecasting Project Results    
10/16/2008 Test 2   Results, Answers
10/21/2008 Chapter 15 Discussion Questions, Problems: 15.10, 15.12, 15.14, 15.18 Slides
10/23/2008 Chapter 16 Discussion Questions, Problems: 16.5, 16.6, 16.8, 16.10 Slides
10/28/2008 Module B Discussion Questions, Problems: B.6, B.8, B.10, B.18, B.20, Only formulate the problems as LP's. You do not need to solve. Slides, NOTE: I am only interested in formulating the problems as linear programs. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SOLVE THE LP's.
10/30/2008 Chapter 7 Discussion Questions, Problems: 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10 Slides
DateCoverageAssignmentsNotes
11/04/2008 Supplement 7 Discussion Questions, Problems: S7.1, S7.2, S7.3, S7.4, S7.8, S7.10, S7.12, S7.15, S7.24, S7.26 Slides
11/6/2008 Chapter 8, Module C

Chapter 8: Discussion Questions, Problems: 8.1, 8.2 8.6, 8.8, 8.16, 8.18

Module C: Problems C.1, C.15 Formulate as an LP

Slides
11/11/2008 Aggregate Planning Project Results    
11/13/2008 Test 3   Results, Answers
11/18/2008 Chapter 9 Discussion Questions, Problems: 9.12, 9.14 Slides
11/20/2008 Chapter 10, Supplement 10 Discussion Questions, Problems: 10.6, 10.10, S10.2, S10.4, S10.8, S10.12, S10.16 Slides
11/25/2008 Chapter 5    
11/27/2008 No Class   Thanksgiving
DateCoverageAssignmentsNotes
12/2/2008 Chapter 6    
12/4/2008 LP Project Review    
12/10/2008 Test 4   This is during finals week. Class meets 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM.
DateCoverageAssignmentsNotes