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Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Tompkins, James A. 1989, Winning Manufacturing: The How-to Book of Successful Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross, Georgia, 223 pp., $32.95 ($27.95 IIE members)—reviewed by Heungsoon Felix Lee Balachandra, R. 1989, Early Warning Signals for R&D Projects, Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts/Toronto, 220 + xvii pp., $39.95—reviewed by Falguni Sen Kang, T. W. 1989, Is Korea the Next Japan? The Free Press Inc., New York, 196 pp., $19.95—reviewed by Holger Hinz Ermoliev, Y. and Wets, R. eds. 1988, Numerical Techniques for Stochastic Optimization, Springer-Verlag, New York, 571 pp., $74.00—reviewed by John R. Birge Tushman, Michael L. and Moore, William L. 1988, Readings in the Management of Innovation, second edition, Ballinger Publishing Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 769 + xiv pp., $22.95—reviewed by Francis W. Wolek Gnedenko, B. V. and Kovalenko, I. N. 1989, Introduction to Queueing Theory, second edition, Birkhauser, Boston, Massachusetts, 314 + xi pp., $59.00—reviewed by U. Narayan Bhat Gani, J. ed. 1988, A Celebration of Applied Probability, Applied Probability Trust, The University, Sheffield S3 7RH, England, 387 pp., $40.00—reviewed by David D. Yao Van Rijn, C.F.H., ed. 1989, Logistics: Where Ends Have to Meet: Proceedings of the Shell Conference on Logistics, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 2–3 November 1988, Pergamon Press, New York, 234 + viii pp., $75.00—reviewed by Ton Volgenant Timpe, A. Dale, ed. 1989, Productivity, Kend Publishing, Emerson, New Jersey, 371 + xii pp., $29.95—reviewed by R. Gehani Shingo, Shigeo 1989, A Study of the Toyota Production System from an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint, Productivity, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, 257 + xxxiv pp., $39.95 (hard cover)—reviewed by P. S. Thomas Martins, John G. and Svensson, Morgan 1988, Profitability and Industrial Robots, IFS (Publications), Bedford, United Kingdom, 170 pp., $24.95—reviewed by Thomas Romeyke
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Austin, James E. 1990, Managing in Developing Countries, The Free Press, New York, 465 pp., $35.00—reviewed by John Whittaker Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance and the Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation 1986, Training for TPM: A Manufacturing Success Story, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 258 pp., $59.95—reviewed by Kwok-sang Chui Shenoy, G. V. 1989, Linear Programming Methods and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, Somerset, New Jersey, viii + 255 pp., $34.95—reviewed by William B. Widhelm Greenley, Gordon E. 1989, Strategic Management, Prentice Hall, New York, 405 pp., $25.80—reviewed by T. K. Das Lucas, Henry C.; Ginzberg, Michael J.; and Schultz, Randall L. 1990, Information Systems Implementation: Testing a Structural Model, Ablex Publishing, Norwood, New Jersey, 160 pp., $32.50—reviewed by Susan A. Sherer
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Mabert, Vincent A. and Jacobs, F. Robert, eds. 1991, Integrated Production Systems: Design, Planning, Control, and Scheduling, fourth edition, Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross, Georgia, 277 pp., $39.95—reviewed by Per Nikolaj D. Bukh Evans, James R. and Minieka, Edward 1992, Optimization Algorithms for Networks and Graphs, Second Edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 470 pp., $59.95—reviewed by Renato De Leone Sanno Management Development Research Center 1992, Vision Management: Translating Strategy into Action, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts xiii + 272 pp., $29.95—reviewed by R. Ray Gehani Kaydos, Will 1991, Measuring, Managing, and Maximizing Performance, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 277 pp., $34.95—reviewed by Douglas A. Samuelson Yates, J. Frank, ed. 1992, Risk-Taking Behavior, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 345 pp,, $64.95—reviewed by John Whittaker Watson, H. J.; Rainer, R. K.; and Houdeshel, G., eds. 1992, Executive Information Systems: Emergence, Development, Impact, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 357 pp., $42.95—reviewed by Erran Carmel McCord Nelson, Marilyn and Illingworth, W. T. 1991, A Practical Guide to Neural Nets, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 344 pp., $35.50—reviewed by Renato De Leone Ho, Y. C. and Cao, X. R. 1991, Perturbation Analysis of Discrete Event Dynamics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 443 pp., $79.95 and Glasserman, P. 1991, Gradient Estimation via Perturbation Analysis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 221 pp., $55.00—reviewed by Enio E. Velazco
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Kacprzyk, Janusz and Fedrizzi, Mario, eds. 1990, Multiperson Decision Models Using Fuzzy Sets and Possibility Theory, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 346 pp., $119.00—reviewed by Jayavel Sounderpandian Chisman, James 1992, Introduction to Simulation Modeling Using GPSS/PC, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 241 pp., (paper), $22.50—reviewed by Douglas A. Samuelson Ancker, C. J., Jr. and Gafarian, A. V. 1992, Modern Combat Models: A Critique of Their Foundations, Operations Research Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, 192 pp., $17.00—reviewed by Dean S. Hartley III Young, H. Peyton, ed. 1992, Negotiation Analysis, The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 216 pp., $44.50 cloth, $15.95 paper—reviewed by Steve New
Planning Nuclear Equipment Manufacturing
Authors: Thomas E. D. , Coveleski D. P. 
Published: October 2008

At the Atlantic City TIMS-ORSA-AIIE meeting (November 8–10, 1972), the College on the Practice of Management Science sponsored its second open competition for the best paper describing a completed, real application of management science. The prize winners were Messrs. Elden D. Thomas and Donald P. Coveleski, for their paper. People in government agencies, electric utilities, industrial concerns, and even average citizens are becoming painfully aware of the problems involved in putting nuclear energy to work in the power generation industry. These difficulties have been particularly significant to Babcock & Wilcox which has been a leader in energy conversion technology through the years. As a result, the company has been working for several years to contribute to the solution of these problems.
Management Science Roundup
Authors: Bucatinsky Julio 
Published: October 2008

—“IFORS '72 A Success”; —“Observations on Attending the Sixth International Conference on Operations Research (Dublin: August 21–25, 1972)”; —“Management Science at Work in Israel: Optimum Water Network and Optimum Product Mix in Plywood and Yarns”; —“Standardization of Queueing Notation”; —“TERA—The Total Energy Resource Analysis Model”; —“Systems Design for Earth Resources Information”; —“Transforming an Automated Hospital Information System into a Decision Support System”; —“A Conference on the Implementation of OR/MS Models at the University of Pittsburgh”; —“Patent Owners Organize to Stress Patent Role”; —“Midland's School System”; —“Seen Elsewhere: (1) Work Measurement for Computer Programming Operations by Richard L. Shell, (2) Significance Tests and Tests of Models in Multiple Regression by Elliot M. Cramer, (3) A Comparative Study of Methods for Long Range Market Forecasting by J. Scott Armstrong and Michael C. Grohman, (4) An Application of Integer Linear Programming to the Allocation of Itineraries Between Two Aircraft Types by R. Lee, (5) On Normal Approximations of the Frequency Functions of Standard Forms Where the Main Variables are Normally Distributed by Jack C. Hayya And William L. Ferrara, (6) Computer Scheduling of Vehicles from One or More Depots to a Number of Delivery Points by Anthony Wren and Alan Holliday, (7) APL for Business Decisions by P. Redwood, (8) Drawing a Probability Ellipse by M. J. R. Healey, (9) Operations Research in Planning Political Campaign Strategies by Joel D. Barkan and James E. Bruno”; —“Bulletin Board”.
Entrepreneurial Planning for the Small-Scale Project
Authors: Lebell Don 
Published: October 2008

The development and publication of formal planning methods reflect a preponderance of large rather than small-scale applications and an emphasis on projects already functioning rather than those in a start-up or termination mode. This situation is both unfortunate and to a great extent unnecessary. Formal planning can play as important a role for the entrepreneur as for operating management. Further, it is as vital for the success of small-scale as for large-scale projects. Experience with a number of small-scale projects reveals certain generic insights, if not unique principles, of value in applying formal methods to entrepreneurial planning for the small-scale project. Thus this paper contends that (1) Formal methods have an important role in successful planning for small as well as large-scale projects and (2) “Entrepreneurial” and “Small-scale” present a special set of restrictions and opportunities which should shape the selection and application of planning methods.
Information Systems in Management Science—The Information Systems Option in Master of Business Administration Degree Program
Authors: Vazsonyi Andrew 
Published: October 2008

About a year ago in an earlier column [Vazsonyi, Andrew. 1973. Information systems in management science. Interfaces 3 (3, May) 30–33.] I raised the issue of what steps to take in teaching information systems. Since then I have had many discussions both with colleagues in academia and in industry to assemble enough material for this column. I apologize to my contributors for not referencing them, but the material is so fragmentary and sometimes contradictory that attempting to present an integrated view makes it difficult to identify individual sources. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the educational situation in information systems is lack of consensus on what to do and wide disparity in status among schools. The relationship to computer science is also widely divergent. In some schools computer science includes information systems; in some there is a sharp conflict between the two fields; while others have no computer science groups at all, or there is no interaction.
Analysis for a Satellite Communications System
Authors: Nigam Avadhesh K. 
Published: October 2008

The paper describes an investment analysis for a satellite communications system for the United States. The satellite communications business is a complex one and possesses several key variables which have profound implications on the future profitability of a participant. Uncertainty in these key variables adds yet another dimension of complexity to the characteristics of this business. The model used in the investment analysis is a probabilistic simulation model which attempts to capture the interactions and relationships existing among all the variables. The size and mix of the potential market, competition from terrestrial as well as satellite carriers, communication satellite-launch vehicle combinations, and specific financial arrangements were some of the key variables that were explicitly recognized and accounted for in the model. The paper describes the course of an actual study from preliminary evaluation to final management decision. It develops the model and management understanding of the business over time. It shows the impact of the management decisions on the model and the impact of model results on management perceptions and decisions. It demonstrates how management and the management scientist, working together, can speed up the decision process as well as lead to a clarification of the underlying issues of the business.
A Tool for More Effective Financial Analysis
Authors: Cooper D. O. , Davidson L. B. , Denison W. K. 
Published: October 2008

Investments totaling billions of dollars annually are now required of the nation's energy companies in order to keep up with the nation's needs. Getty Oil Company itself is now investing $200 to $300 million annually. This requires many significant investment decisions each year, and the fortunes of the corporation are tied to the wisdom of the choices. The incentive to excel is a strong one—avoiding even a few bad investments can save millions of dollars. This incentive has fostered a dynamic evolution in our financial analysis. Decisions once necessarily based on limited information and short-cut discounted cash flow calculations are now supported by much more thorough and rapid analysis. Financial analysts who seldom never used computers are now directly and effectively exploiting this resource to extend their capabilities. A key factor in this progress is PAMS, the Plan Analysis and Modeling System. PAMS is designed for a more complete approach to financial investigation than most other systems. It is a computer system that does all phases of analysis work. It has features for: extensive data management, complete yet flexible calculations, and tabular and graphic management reports. The PAMS approach is used today for hundreds of applications in Getty, from project analysis to a corporate model, from price forecasting to acquisition and divestment analysis. PAMS has had a major impact by helping to achieve: Better investment decisions, Improved long-range planning, New more effective approaches to financial analysis, Company-wide introduction of new concepts such as risk analysis.
Response to Michel, Kleijnen and Permut
Authors: Blanning Robert W. 
Published: October 2008

Professors Michel and Permut have identified an important application of metamodels. Metamodels may be used to determine the need for accuracy in a forecasting model that provides input to a decision model. This suggests an interesting possibility—an analyst may wish to construct a metamodel of the forecasting model as well. This metamodel can be combined with the metamodel of the decision model (using the chain rule of differential calculus) to provide a single metamodel for the complex of models.
Information Science in Management Science—Data Base Management Systems
Authors: Vazsonyi Andrew 
Published: October 2008

In my last column I focused on the dual aspects of information systems, namely operators and operands. The need for algorithmic languages and way of thinking I covered last November. Now I will focus on the importance of data and its structure. The same data is used by many programs, perhaps in different forms, and even in contradictory manner. Updating, modifying and auditing data becomes expensive. Each time an application program is changed or a new one written, new files must be created, new storage space required and problems are compounded.
Information Science in Management Science—The Quest for a Theory of Management Information Systems
Authors: Vazsonyi Andrew 
Published: October 2008

At the June 1968 symposium on Management Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University, Charles Kriebel, discussing theoretical frameworks for MIS, predicted that it would be “unlikely that a major breakthrough will occur during the 1970s.” He also predicted that he would “expect the major change to be an increasing awareness for the need for … and explicit framework.…” Today most agree that there is need for a theory, but few would say that such a theory exists or is even in the making. Yet it appears there are some theories on the horizon that deal with information and management scientists should be interested in the nature of these theories. In my August 1973 column, when discussing Semantic Pollution in Information Systems, I used the word theory to illustrate Trap #7 of semantics: One symbol—one meaning. So, using my own recipe, before discussing a theory of Management Information Systems, I should explore the meaning of theory.
Management Reporting System: A New Marriage Between Management and Financial Data Through Management Science
Authors: Bruce James W. 
Published: October 2008

This paper reports a significant combination of a linear-programming model of the Liberty, a communication system which visually depicts the model's output by electronically-produced graphics, and a planning concept which has produced a new, more sensitive approach to asset/liability management of a banking organization in an increasingly volatile financial environment. During the past decade, banks generally have increased leverage and reduced liquidity, thereby making them increasingly vulnerable to interest rate volatility. The Management Reporting System (MRS) described is a practical and unique approach in marrying the various sophisticated disciplines necessary for effective management given such constraints. Liberty's Chairman credited the system with 25¢ per share of the 1973 Operating Earnings and noted that the mix of bank assets and liabilities now can be guided by precise, automated facts, rather than by mere “seat-of-the-pants” instinct. In its 1972 Annual Report, the Corporation stated its 1973 earning's goal “because of the reliable way our Management Reporting System has functioned in 1972.” That objective was met even though economic conditions were vastly different than assumed. The MRS's use permitted the timely adjustments necessary to manage earnings and achieve the publicly stated objective. The paper also explores a more realistic and sensitive approach to liquidity management developed at Liberty. Its impact and value was not only demonstrated during the 1974 liquidity crunch but by its adoption at several of the leading banks across the United States.
A Model to Schedule Sales Optimally Blended from Scarce Resources
Authors: Reddy James M. 
Published: October 2008

In early 1973, it became apparent to the management of the Swift Chemical Company that the overcapacity and consequent general recession in the fertilizer industry was rapidly coming to an end. This paper describes the design, implementation and impact of the model developed to help them both plan for and operate under the new market conditions. The model is a linear program of the Swift Chemical Company Phosphate Rock Mining and Sales Operation. The model starts with mining forecasts and optimally blends the rock to fill contracted sales in a multiple period environment. The results of a run include suggested scheduling of shipments by month for the current year, anticipated revenues intermediate inventory positions, and any outside purchase requirements. A full 12 month run contains approximately 1,400 rows and 4,000 columns. Mine plans and sales requirements are entered on forms familiar to the nontechnical personnel in charge of running the model. Separate FORTRAN programs convert the data to usable form, automatically generate the Linear Program Matrix, solve the problem (Using IBM's MPSX), analyze the solution, revise the matrix and resolve the problem since the objective function is nonlinear, and produce output reports which summarize all the information in a form that nontechnical people can readily understand. The model has been in operation about 15 months and has helped the management to plan both short range and long range sales strategies, along with the initial objective of optimizing on the mining and blending of rock. Validation runs indicate the model is increasing profits by several million dollars per year over a parallel manually prepared plan.
Management Science?
Authors: Sprague Linda G. , Sprague Christopher R. 
Published: October 2008

We hold academic appointments at University-based schools of business/management in fields which come under the general description “Management Science.” So, we are subject to review by our departmental, college and university Promotion and Tenure committees. We also work with industrial clients—consulting, teaching, etc.—where our work is subject to such immediate criteria as practicality, applicability and clarity. However, as our colleagues know, there is an important unresolved conflict between what is required to advance through the academic ranks and what is required to conduct oneself successfully in the industrial setting. The recent commotion over Machol's letter in OR/MS Today [Machol, Robert E. 1975. Journal readability (Letter). OR/MS Today (November) 6–7.] is one sign of this conflict: there the issue is focused on “Journal Readability.”
Applying Simulation Techniques to Legislative Analysis: The Veterans and Survivors Pension Reform Act
Authors: Shepherd K. W. 
Published: October 2008

The Veterans and Survivors Pension program of the VA has recently been under study by the United States Senate. The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs has for the last two years been working on a number of proposals to reform completely both the income restrictions and the benefit structure of the pension program. The budget staff of VA has worked closely with the Committee staff to provide the data and analysis necessary for their consideration of this proposal. Since fairly detailed financial case histories were available on current beneficiaries, simulation was chosen to generate cost estimates and beneficiary impact analyses for the various proposals. A case-by-case model was developed which simulates the two pension programs operating simultaneously for five years. The model uses a data base of 20,000 records, a 1% sample of the cases currently receiving pension. These records contain data on items such as age, number of dependents, amount and type of income received. After aging each case and passing it through a mortality routine, the individual types of income are updated based on various economic indicators; and it is determined which pension program would return the highest payment amount to the beneficiary. The beneficiary and his dependents are then assigned to the pertinent program and recycled until all five years have been completed. Since the requirements for eligibility are changed by the reform proposal, new cases under reform would not necessarily have the same characteristics as new cases under the existing law. However, as the new requirements are generally more restrictive than current law, the new population of accessions should be a subset of the present population. This assumption is the basis of the procedure used to estimate future new cases in the model. By using the output from the model, the staff of the Senate Committee was able to analyze the cost-benefit ratio of nearly 50 different proposals in a very short period of time. In the past, such detailed analysis of even one proposal would have been impossible. The Veterans and Survivors Pension Reform Act was passed by the Senate in December, 1975, and is now under consideration in the House of Representatives.
Application of Linear Programming to Plywood Manufacture
Authors: Kotak Dilip B. 
Published: October 2008

A linear programming model was developed in 1967 to determine an optimum balance between the available wood mix and the projected sales requirements for known production constraints. Since 1969 this model has been used to analyze potential opportunities and to produce an annual Operating Plan. This Plan contains operating details for raw materials, production and sales. It also contains contingency analyses for major assumptions, which arc analyzed by using parametric techniques. The Operating Plan also ties in with the financial budget. The annual Operating Plan is implemented by scheduling and tracking the mill's production on a biweekly basis. This in turn is achieved through daily scheduling and tracking. Wood, production and shipment schedules consider actual and desired inventories, actual order file, and actual operating conditions, in addition to the targets specified in the Operating Plan. Variances are measured in volumes as well as dollars. A monthly financial variance report analyzes the effect of variances due to price, mix and volume for wood and products on the operating income. Variances due to the mix and volume are emphasized the most and are used to measure the performance of the mill against the Plan, that is the budget. Price variances are mainly controlled by the market forces and hence are reported but not acted upon. As a result of this program the contribution margin of the Division, which is defined as sales income minus the wood costs, has been increased by an average of one million dollars per year between 1970 and 1975 as compared to the base year, 1969.