Process Arithmetic: How to Solve Problems in Wharton’s OPIM 631

113 Pages Posted: 21 Jan 2010 Last revised: 6 Mar 2011

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Richard K. Lai

The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Date Written: January 19, 2010

Abstract

VERSION 2.3

These notes are for Wharton's OPIM 631, the first MBA course on operations. It focuses on (1) step by step instructions: a "how to solve it," (2) problem recognition: when to use what analysis? (3) just the arithmetic. No motivational examples.

Keywords: process analysis, course, MBA

JEL Classification: A23, L6, M11

Suggested Citation

Lai, Richard K., Process Arithmetic: How to Solve Problems in Wharton’s OPIM 631 (January 19, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1538827 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1538827

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