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Plan of the day
OPERATIONS CONTROL
Introductions/Background InfoSyllabus
Course backgroundNoppaAssignments & Groups
First topic: Systems and Models/ Next class assignment
PLAN
NamePrevious degree / current degreeWork experienceProgramming experienceMedia development experienceFuture professional plans: type of
position and in what industryEmail
YOUR INFO
Please write all this in a
piece of paper
MY BACKGROUND INFO
US Commonwealth Population: 3.5 millionArea: 9,100 km2
Language: Spanish
From Puerto Rico
GDP by sectorManufacturing: 46.4%,Finance, insurance and real estate: 19.6%,Services: 12.5%,Government: 8.6%,Trade: 8%,Transportation and other public utilities: 2.9%,Construction and Mining: 1.7%,Agriculture: 0.6%
PR’S ECONOMY
Pharma/Bio-tech Ten of the top 20 drugs in the US are manufactured in PR (not sole
source) 60+ mfg. facilities, 20K+ direct employees $31 billion exports
Medical Devices Over 50% of all pacemakers and defibrillators sold in the US
mainland are manufactured in PR 30+ mfg. facilities, 19K + direct employees $5+ billion exports
Other areas (apparel, electronics)
PR’S ECONOMY
Public university system with 11 campuses across the island. Three key campuses:A medical sciences campusAn engineering focused campus (Ph.D. granting):
UPR-MayaguezA humanities/ social sciences/ natural sciences
focused campus (Ph.D. granting): UPR-Rio PiedrasAbout 60K students and 5K faculty
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
Industrial Engineering degrees Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA), Stanford (Palo Alto, CA) and Penn State
(University Park, PA)Professional Experience
Full time engineer in the electronics sector Startup/small company – software development for NASA Consultant
Academic Experience University of Puerto Rico University of Texas – El Paso Visiting: Various Universities in Latin America and now at Aalto
University Over 50 journal publications; over 50 academic presentations
MY CAREER
Fulbright programThe Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Fellowships in both directions For students, faculty, and professionals
Working on research projects related to production planning and third party logistics
CURRENTLY AT AALTO
Introductions/Background InfoSyllabus
Course backgroundNoppaAssignments & Groups
First topic: Systems and Models/ Next class assignment
PLAN
Course is about operations control based on management science models and systems approaches.
Courses like this are off ered at most major business programs
We will use some materials from the Sloan School of Management at MIT http://
ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-057-systems-optimization-spring-2003/index.htm
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-053-optimization-methods-in-management-science-spring-2013/
Let’s view the syllabus.
COURSE BACKGROUND
Course materials Most will be posted in Noppa: Presentations, assignments, work done
in class, … Noppa also has chapters from the textbook: Applied Mathematical
Programming by Bradley, Hax, and Magnanti (Addison-Wesley, 1977) We will also use as reference the book: Practical Management Science,
Revised 3rd Edition by Winston, Wayne L., Albright, S. Christian. This is an older edition, the 4 th is the current edition)
A pdf is currently available at this site. www.ingenieria-industrial.net/downloads/practicalmanagementscience.pdf
Computer and software Students should have a Windows based computer with Excel We will use the computer during class meetings, bring your laptops.
COURSE MATERIALS/ SOFTWARE
This is a fast course, only 6 weeks (11 meetings)At start some “heavy reading”, then lots of problem
solving, then “development”Some assignments to be submitted online to
[email protected]. Important that you follow naming instructions for the files Use this email only to submit hw Regular email for questions: [email protected]
Many group activities. Start – I will assign teams Later – possibly self forming teams
During week 5 teams will submit a proposal for a practical model/system based on a local organization. Details later.
ASSIGNMENTS AND GROUPS
Introductions/Background InfoSyllabus
Course backgroundNoppaAssignments & Groups
First topic: Systems and Models/ Next class assignment
PLAN
