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Instructor Resources: Online Learning Center (OLC)

This document provides an overview of instructor and student resources available for an operations management textbook. It includes: - Instructor resources on the Online Learning Center including solutions manuals, test banks, PowerPoint slides, and Excel scripts. - A video series featuring operations at various companies. - Student resources on the Online Learning Center including study materials like quizzes, slides, tutorials, and Excel templates. - ScreenCam tutorials that explain key concepts using software. - Excel templates for solving problems in the textbook.

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Instructor Resources: Online Learning Center (OLC)

This document provides an overview of instructor and student resources available for an operations management textbook. It includes: - Instructor resources on the Online Learning Center including solutions manuals, test banks, PowerPoint slides, and Excel scripts. - A video series featuring operations at various companies. - Student resources on the Online Learning Center including study materials like quizzes, slides, tutorials, and Excel templates. - ScreenCam tutorials that explain key concepts using software. - Excel templates for solving problems in the textbook.

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INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES
Online Learning Center (OLC) www.mhhe.com/stevenson12e
The Online Learning Center provides complete materials for study and review. At this book’s
website, instructors have access to teaching supports such as electronic files of the ancillary
materials: Solutions Manual, Instructor’s Manual, test bank, PowerPoint Lecture Slides, Digi-
tal Image Library, and Excel Lecture scripts.
Instructor’s Manual. Prepared by Michael Godfrey, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh,
with contributions from William J. Stevenson, this manual includes teaching notes, chapter
overview, an outline for each chapter, and solutions to the problems in the text.
Test Bank. Prepared by the Alan Cannon, University of Texas-Arlington, the Test Bank
includes over 2,000 true/false, multiple-choice, and discussion questions/problems at varying
levels of difficulty.
EZ Test Online. All test bank questions are available in EZ Test Online, a flexible elec-
tronic testing program. The answers to all questions are given, along with a rating of the
level of difficulty, chapter learning objective met, Bloom’s taxonomy question type, and the
AACSB knowledge category.
PowerPoint Lecture Slides. Prepared by David Cook, Old Dominion University, the
PowerPoint slides draw on the highlights of each chapter and provide an opportunity for the
instructor to emphasize the key concepts in class discussions.
Digital Image Library. All the figures in the book are included for insertion in PowerPoint
slides or for class discussion.
Excel Lecture Scripts. Prepared by Lee Tangedahl, University of Montana, the scripts
provide suggestions on using Excel and the Excel templates in class.

Operations Management Video Series


The operations management video series, free to text adopters, includes professionally devel-
oped videos showing students applications of key manufacturing and service topics in real
companies. Each segment includes on-site or plant footage, interviews with company manag-
ers, and focused presentations of OM applications in use to help the companies gain competi-
tive advantage. Companies such as Zappos, FedEx, Subaru, Disney, BP, Chase Bank, DHL,
Louisville Slugger, McDonald’s, Noodles & Company, and Honda are featured.

STUDENT RESOURCES
Online Learning Center (OLC) www.mhhe.com/stevenson12e
Students have access to study materials created specifically for the text.
• Quizzes—self-grading to assess knowledge of the material.
• PowerPoint Slides—give an overview of the chapter content.
• Excel Data Files—import into Excel for quick calculation and analysis.
• Study Outlines—provide a framework for taking notes.
• Screencam Tutorials—describe how to solve problems in the text (see below).

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• Excel Templates—provide a handy Excel-based tool for solving problems in the text
(see below).
• And more . . .

ScreenCam Tutorials
These screen “movies” and voiceover tutorials explain key chapter
content, using Excel and other software platforms.
SCREENCAM TUTORIAL

Trend-Adjusted Exponential Smoothing


A variation of simple exponential smoothing can be used when a time series exhibits a linear
trend. It is called trend-adjusted exponential smoothing or, sometimes, double smoothing, Trend-adjusted exponential
to differentiate it from simple exponential smoothing, which is appropriate only when data smoothing Variation of expo-
vary around an average or have step or gradual changes. If a series exhibits trend, and simple nential smoothing used when
smoothing is used on it, the forecasts will all lag the trend: If the data are increasing, each a time series exhibits a linear
forecast will be too low; if decreasing, each forecast will be too high. trend.
The trend-adjusted forecast (TAF) is composed of two elements: a smoothed error and a
trend factor.
TAFt ⫹1 ⫽ St ⫹ Tt (3–11)
SCREENCAM TUTORIAL
where
St ⫽ Previous forecast plus smoothed error
Tt ⫽ Current trend estimate LO3.12 Prepare a trend-
adjusted exponential smoothing
and forecast.
St ⫽ TAFt ⫹ ␣( At ⫺ TAFt )
Tt ⫽ Tt ⫺1 ⫹ ␤(TAFt ⫺ TAFt ⫺1 ⫺ Tt ⫺1 ) (3–12)

Excel Templates
Templates created by Lee Tangedahl, University of Montana, are included on the OLC. The templates, over 70 total,
include dynamically linked graphics and variable controls. They allow you to solve a number of problems in the text
or additional problems. All templates have been revised to allow formatting of all cells, hiding rows or columns, and
entering data or calculations in blank cells. Many ofthe templates have been expanded to accommodate solving larger
problems and cases.

TABLE 3.1 Excel solution for Example 5

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