aPPLICATION OF Operation Research
aPPLICATION OF Operation Research
Today, almost all fields of business and government utilizing the benefits of Operations Research.
There are voluminous of applications of Operations Research such as:
Accounting
Assigning audit teams effectively
Credit policy analysis
Cash flow planning
Developing standard costs
Establishing costs for byproducts
Planning of delinquent account strategy
Construction
Project scheduling, monitoring and control
Determination of proper work force
Deployment of work force
Allocation of resources to projects
Facilities Planning
Factory location and size decision
Estimation of number of facilities required
Hospital planning
International logistic system design
Transportation loading and unloading
Warehouse location decision
Finance
Building cash management models
Allocating capital among various alternatives
Building financial planning models
Investment analysis
Portfolio analysis
Dividend policy making
Manufacturing
Inventory control
Marketing balance projection
Production scheduling
Production smoothing
Marketing
Advertising budget allocation
Product introduction timing
Selection of Product mix
Deciding most effective packaging alternative
Purchasing
Optimal buying
Optimal reordering
Materials transfer
Military
utilization of critical resources during military operations
strategic and operational through linear and integer programming
building reliable communication networks
Multiple Criteria Decision-Making
decision analysis and value focused thinking
Program decisions
What, when and how to purchase to minimize procurement cost
Bidding and replacement policies
Reference
1. Quantitative Techniques for Managers
2. Operations Research and Management Science Handbook, A. Ravi Ravindran