University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Business Administration
Department of Information & Decision Sciences

IDS 355:   Operations Management I
Textbook:   Render & Heizer,
    Principles of Operations Management, 2nd ed.
Summer Session, 1998
Call #31046, Tu/Th 6:00-8:30, Room B1 LC
Prof.   Stanley L. Sclove

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Chapter 1   Operations & Productivity
Notes
Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems

Supplement 2   Forecasting
Notes

Chapter 3   Total Quality Management
Notes
Notes on "The Deming of America"
Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems
Virtual Plant Tour:   FINKL Steel, Chicago, IL (Optional)

Homework A   (due Thurs., 11-June-1998)
Questions
Minitab Commands
Minitab Output
You may use this output to answer the questions; you need not run Minitab yourself.

Supplement 3   Quality via Statistical Process Control
Notes

Chapter 4   Design of Goods and Services
Notes
Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems
Virtual Plant Tour:   Siemens Nuclear Medicine Group, Hoffman Estates, IL (Optional)

Chapter 5   Process and Capacity Design
Notes
Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems
Virtual Plant Tour:   Portland Bolt (Optional)

Chapter 9   Inventory for Independent Demand
Notes
Spreadsheet, MS Excel (version at least 5.0)
Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems

Homework B (on RH Chap. 9; due Thurs., 9-July-1998)
Solutions

Chapter 10   Inventory for Dependent Demand
Notes
Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems
Virtual Plant Tour:   Saturn-Japan (Optional)

Chapter 14   Project Scheduling
Notes
Notes on PERT Simulation
Solutions to All Problems
Virtual Plant Tour:   Artesyn Technologies Communications Products Group, Madison, WI (Optional)

Supplement 14   Maintenance Management
Notes