Mgmt 380
Class Schedule
Exams:
Exam I -- February 16
Exam II -- March 30
Final Exam -- May 11
August 17
Handout #1
: Course Policies
What is Management Science (Operations Research): Why is it done? When is it done? When and why was it conceived?
Reading:
What is Management Science?
January 16
Vocabulary: decision variables, objective function, constraints, optimal solution, etc.
Handout #2
: Assignment 1
Assigned exercise: "Decision Variables" and "Constraints" for a party
January 19: No class -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 21
Due:
Exercise and reading (see above)
Do you have your textbook reference?
Email article information for
Assignment #1
Discussion of "decision variables" and "constraints"
January 23
Creating
a linear programming model
Aspen Pottery Company
A machine shop
Assigned exercise:
An electrical manufacturer
A brokerage firm
January 26
Exercise due:
An electrical manufacturer
A brokerage firm
A brewery
Assigned exercise:
A manufacturing company
As mentioned in class, imagine that you have to plan for many products in many different plants.. for
example
January 28
Exercise due:
A manufacturing company
Solving
a linear programming model
Aspen Pottery Company
Exercise due on January 30:
A farmer
January 30
Exercise due:
A farmer
Reading due:
What Keeps a Bottom Line Healthy?
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Handout #3
: Assignment 2
February 2
Happy Groundhog Day!
Examples of memos (for assignments) shown
Herb Gardener
Solving a linear programming model with STORM
February 4
Snow! UNCA cancelled class
February 6
Assignment 2 due
Shadow Price
Aspen Pottery Company
A farmer
Beach Bum Publishing
February 9
No formal class today due to AACSB (accreditation) visit
Pick up your graded Assignment #2 during class time
Assignment #3 (20 points) - due February 13 - Add to assignment 2:
Continue to use POS values and report the decimal portion of your results
Add an analysis of shadow price
Add an analysis of slack and/or surplus
Improve your memo (if applicable) taking into consideration the comments written on your returned assignment #2 paper
February 11
Slack and Surplus
Slack in a linear programming model:
A Machine Shop
Surplus in a linear programming model:
Fertilizing a field
Both slack and surplus in a linear programming model:
Beach Bum Publishing
February 13
Assignment #3 due
Exam question and answer time .. Bring your questions to class
February 16
Exam I
February 18
Sensitivity Analysis
Handout #4
: Sensitivity Analysis & Parametric Analysis
February 20
Sensitivity Analysis
Handout #5
: Assignment 4
February 23
Sensitivity Analysis, continued
Handout #6 (this handout is available in printed form only)
February 25
No class (Dr. Manns is teaching a class off-campus)
February 27
SIMPLEX
Handout #7
: The SIMPLEX method
March 2
Snow! UNCA cancelled class
March 4
Assignment 4 due
SIMPLEX
March 6
TBA
March 9 - 13: SPRING BREAK
March 16
Handout #8
: Assignment 5
SIMPLEX
March 18
SIMPLEX
Management Science is used to schedule volunteers
March 20
SIMPLEX
Handout #9 (available in printed form only):
SIMPLEX with > constraints
SIMPLEX with minimization
March 23
Networks
March 25
Transportation and Assignment
March 27
Assignment #5 due (If I am not in my office-- Place your paper in my Owen 110 mailbox or under my office door)
Annual Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creativity - No classes
March 30
Exam II
April 1
PERT/CPM
April 3
PERT/CPM
April 6
PERT/CPM
Handouts available in printed form only:
Handout #9: Another PERT/CPM example
Handout #10: Assignment 6
April 8
PERT/CPM
April 10
PERT/CPM: project "crashing"
April 13
Integer Linear Programming
Total Integer Model
Mixed Integer Model
0-1 Integer Model
April 15
Inventory Models
April 17
Assignment 6 due
Dr. Manns is doing an off-campus presentation, April 16-17
April 20
Inventory, continued:
Carpet Discount Store
Discussion of Assignment #7:
40 points
Work in teams of two
Due date (May 1st or 4th) will be assigned to your team in class on April 27th
Create a problem that makes use of two modeling techniques: one linear programming model and one other model
Present to the client in presentation and written form
Presentation:
Dress accordingly
Time: no longer than 8 minutes
Client may interrupt and ask questions
during
the presentation
One team member should load slides before class so client does not have to wait between presentations
Prepare an appropriate written report for the client
April 22
No class -- time to work on Assignment 7 in your team (Dr. Manns is doing an off-campus presentation and will be back on campus in the afternoon.)
April 24
No class -- time to work on Assignment 7 in your team (Dr. Manns is doing an off-campus presentation today)
April 27
Inventory, continued
Hayes Electronics
April 29
"special cases"
wrap-up
May 1
Assignment 7 due: final project presentations
Rob, Joseph
Samantha, Anna
Ashley, Michael
Hannah, Patrick
May 4
Assignment 7 due: final project presentations
Kathryn, Christina
Josh, Sarah
Spencer, Tameka, Rob
Jordan, Sarah
Monday, May 11, 8am
Final Exam