Operations Analysis Using Microsoft Excel

This book shows how to use Excel 7.0 to analyze and solve operations management problems such as optimization, scheduling, project management, and quality control. It explores all of the essential concepts and presents detailed step-by-step instructions, making this a highly useful guide for every operations manager.

This new text is intended for courses in operations management and management science, with business statistics as a prerequisite. The authors offer practical approaches to managerial decision-making using spreadsheets and step-by-step instructions to present realistic operations management problems that reflect overall organizational issues and integrate other functional areas such as marketing and finance. Perfect as a supplement to any operations management or management science text, students need only posses a familiarity with Microsoft Excel in order to learn both basic and advanced techniques.