POM-QM for Windows v. 3 (3e)

MODULES include:

• New Models! Aggregate Planning
• Assembly Line Balancing (output display added)
• Assignment
• Breakeven/Cost-Volume Analysis
• Capital Investment
• New Models! Decision Analysis
• Forecasting (output displays added)
• Game Theory
• Goal Programming
• Integer & Mixed Integer Programming (input improved)
• New Models! Inventory
• Job Shop Scheduling (output displays added)
• Layout
• Learning Curves
• Linear Programming (input improved & output displays added)
• New Models! Location
• Lot Sizing
• Markov Analysis
• Material Requirements Planning
• Networks
• Productivity
• Project Management (PERT/CPM) (output displays improved)
• Quality Control (input improved)
• Reliability
• Simulation
• New Models! Statistics (mean, var, sd; normal dist)
• Transportation
• Waiting Lines
• Work Measurement

• User Friendliness. We have combined all three packages (POM, QM, and DS for Windows) into one package  in order that all models will be available to the students - especially students who take both an Operations Management Course and a Quantitative Methods course. It still allows for student choice of which to select from in menu (POM, QM or both) to minimize confusion.
  • Tutorials have been added to walk students through certain operations "step-by-step" in the Help menu.
  • A manual in PDF format has been added so that users may easily access the manual while running the program or print pages from the manual. The examples used in the manual are included in the installation.
  • An overview tab has been added to the problem creation screen to help describe the options that are available.
  • More user customization options are available in the User Information section under the Help menu.

• Module Enhancements. There are both new and enhanced models in Aggregate Planning, Forecasting, Inventory, Location, Quality Control, Statistics and especially Decision Analysis which now has a graphical user interface for decision trees.
  • There are more output displays for Assembly Line Balancing, Job Shop Scheduling, Forecasting, Linear Programming, and Project Management.
  • There are improved displays of linear and integer programming models, decision trees, and project management results.

• Functionality. Ease of use is key to any software product.
  • Scroll bars have been added to the forecasting, learning curve and operating characteristic graphs in order to easily display the changes in the graphs as a function of the parameters.
  • The formatting and printing options have been improved.
  • The right-click options on tables and graphs have been enhanced so that it is now possible to easily copy, print or save graphs.
  • The Save as Excel option has been expanded to include nearly all of the models.
  • The Windows calculator will be used when found rather than the more primitive calculator that is included with POM-QM for Windows.

• User Friendliness. We have combined all three packages (POM, QM, and DS for Windows) into one package  in order that all models will be available to the students - especially students who take both an Operations Management Course and a Quantitative Methods course. It still allows for student choice of which to select from in menu (POM, QM or both) to minimize confusion.
  • Tutorials have been added to walk students through certain operations "step-by-step" in the Help menu.
  • A manual in PDF format has been added so that users may easily access the manual while running the program or print pages from the manual. The examples used in the manual are included in the installation.
  • An overview tab has been added to the problem creation screen to help describe the options that are available.
  • More user customization options are available in the User Information section under the Help menu.

Do you wide assortments of techniques that model the topics you cover in class?

• Module Enhancements. There are both new and enhanced models in Aggregate Planning, Forecasting, Inventory, Location, Quality Control, Statistics and especially Decision Analysis which now has a graphical user interface for decision trees.
  • There are more output displays for Assembly Line Balancing, Job Shop Scheduling, Forecasting, Linear Programming, and Project Management.
  • There are improved displays of linear and integer programming models, decision trees, and project management results.

How do you judge the quality of the different software packages?

• Functionality. Ease of use is key to any software product.
  • Scroll bars have been added to the forecasting, learning curve and operating characteristic graphs in order to easily display the changes in the graphs as a function of the parameters.
  • The formatting and printing options have been improved.
  • The right-click options on tables and graphs have been enhanced so that it is now possible to easily copy, print or save graphs.
  • The Save as Excel option has been expanded to include nearly all of the models.
  • The Windows calculator will be used when found rather than the more primitive calculator that is included with POM-QM for Windows.