Operations management has always been challenging. Staff has to be managed, facilities must be maintained, production needs to remain efficient, and all facets need to work well together for a ...

The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 49 is the largest construction union in Minnesota. The Local 49 training center partnered with Minnesota Virtual Academy to offer the ...

A first introduction to probability and statistics. This course will provide background to understand and produce rigorous statistical analysis including estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis ...

Students will learn applications of operations research methods to practical problems of production planning and inventory control; forecasting; aggregate planning; deterministic and stochastic ...

In an MES project, each of these actors has different goals and viewpoints that sometimes turn out to be almost confrontational. However, the contribution of each is critical to the success of the ...

Work by specialists from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has led to significant improvements in turnover times for operating rooms at three California safety net hospitals, allowing "many more ...

Experience gained by a project team during a steam blowing operation for a combined cycle power project in Indonesia is described in this article. A specific challenge faced by the commissioning team ...

Sai Ravuru was first inspired to pursue a career in aviation by the film Star Wars, when he watched the spaceships take off and land automatically. He is the first ever flight operations performance ...

The aviation industry faces a convergence of post-COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Production backlogs stretch to 2035, while 38% of aviation maintenance technicians approach retirement age. Airlines ...

Safe, reliable and economic nuclear power plants typically exhibit careful, conservative operation and rigorous, well-planned maintenance activities to minimize risks to workers, the public and the ...