... and the software is freely downloadable. Design/methodology/approach The paper extends the dice game and offers an easy‐to‐use simulation tool. Findings The key aspect of students' learning experience is the understanding of the relationship between variability and throughput in an environment...

... Publishing Limited 2006 --> Operations management Managers Students My attitude to this new and important text is that there are a balance of pros and cons in the approach that has been taken. For MBA students the book is now more focused and practically relevant than the previous offering...

... of this interdisciplinary approach to student learning. Since academic CIM labs cannot duplicate the equipment found in industry, reasonable facsimiles need to be developed that are affordable, safe, realistic, and engaging to students. A prototype system was developed to meet those requirements. The current CIM lab...

...Kiran Desai; R. Anthony Inman Students have traditionally shied away from the production and operations management (POM) courses offered in schools of business in favour of financial and marketing coursework. Looks at proposed reasons for this phenomenon and surveys students regarding...

...James A. Pope; Marek Wermus Students studying operations management often lack a framework for relating their experiences to the subject at hand. Describes the university decision making process in the context of the closed‐loop MRP model. The university is familiar to students, so it gives them...