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Direct linkDalal, Jyotirmoy – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2022
We present an exercise for teaching the transportation problem using a mix of spatial and randomly generated data. It illustrates the potential of using qualitative and quantitative data and is suitable for undergraduate or introductory business school courses on operations research (OR), logistics, and supply chain management. It poses two…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Business Administration Education, Business Schools
Wellington, John F.; Lewis, Stephen A. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2021
The simple vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a common topic of discussion in introductory operations research/management science courses. The VRP can be framed in a variety of ways, and it can be difficult to solve to optimality. For solution purposes, introductory textbooks demonstrate how Excel's Evolutionary Solver (ES) add-in produces a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Introductory Courses
Wilson, Shellyanne – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020
The Tangibles in Operations Strategy (TANGOS) exercise provides students with the direct experience of designing a firm's operations function. Specifically, students must engage in decision making with respect to the structural decision areas in a firm's operations strategy, by considering the firm's product strategy and span of control, process…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Design
Jerome, Lawrence – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2012
Discrete Mathematics instructors and students have long been struggling with various labelling and scanning algorithms for solving many important problems. This paper shows how to solve a wide variety of Discrete Mathematics and OR problems using assignment matrices and linear programming, specifically using Excel Solvers although the same…
Descriptors: Mathematical Applications, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Download full textHays, Fred H.; DeLurgio, Stephen A. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2010
Finance students today live in the midst of an enormous financial crisis. Institutions both large and small are failing or being rescued through government intervention. This environment presents a host of learning opportunities for instructors as well as students. This paper discusses financial autopsies as a form of experiential learning…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Risk Assessment, Financial Services, Finance Occupations
Sumukadas, Narendar; Fairfield-Sonn, James W.; Morgan, Sandra – Simulation & Gaming, 2005
Business students are typically introduced to the concept of process management in their introductory course on operations management. A very important learning outcome here is an appreciation that the management of processes is a key to the management of quality. Some of the related concepts are qualitative, such as strategic and behavioral…
Descriptors: Simulation, Games, College Instruction, Business Administration Education
