POMS Teaching Initiative
The POMS Teaching Initiative, led by the POMS Education Committee, seeks to improve teaching in the operations management profession sharing of best teaching practices and dissemination of teaching materials through the POM journal, POMS website, and conferences.
Accordingly, on this page you will find links to information and resources. Check back often, we plan to post valuable information on an ongoing basis!
Courses
Resources
ForClass
ForClass is a web-based platform that enables professors to drive higher student engagement and accountability in their classrooms. POMS has negotiated complementary access to this resource for POMS members. See the link for details.
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. The site provides downloads for resources such as: syllabi, lecture notes, PowerPoint slides, exams, and other course materials.
The CIBER Web
Resources for Faculty from The Centers for International Business Education and Research.
The OM Encyclopedia
An Encyclopedia of OM terms in PDF format.
From Arthur V. Hill, Professor of Operations & Management Science
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
Supply Chain and Operations Management Glossary
Glossary hosted by LINDO Systems.
Link to Supply Chain and Operations Management Glossary
Tools
Processim Labs
Transforming smartphones into pocket simulators that college professors can use as powerful and convenient teaching games!
Simulations designed specifically for mobile devices, that enable students to learn by doing, put their decision-making skills to practice and exercise critical thinking in an entertaining, dynamic and convenient way. Medica Scientific® is a powerful teaching simulation that is used in conjunction with the case of the same name. It shows a production facility with two different production lines where students learn to manage inventories, manage the workforce, plan their capacity and deal with financial problems among others.
LINKS
LINKS is a sophisticated, team-based, competitive management simulation designed in a modular fashion to permit application in a variety of educational/instructional contexts. This simulation is widely used in MBA programs across the country. Examples of simulations include: supply chain management, service operations management, and enterprise management.
Responsive Learning Technologies
Responsive Learning Technologies operates several simulation technologies relevant to operations management. Littlefield Technologies is a real-time, competitive factory simulator which emphasizes queuing, capacity management, inventory management, and lead time management. Other simulations include: supply chain game, eBEER, HP-NADO case, and venture capital game.
Link to Responsive Learning Technologies
SimQuick
SimQuick is an Excel spreadsheet (with some macros) that allows the user to model simple processes including waiting lines, inventory, supply chains, manufacturing, and projects with uncertain task times.
XanEdu Course Packs
Faculty can create the ultimate custom course materials print or digital-for their business students. XanEdu's comprehensive and extensive services offer unparalleled access to billions of pages of pre-copyright cleared material- cases, trade and academic journals and newspapers, book chapters-through their intuitive online tool. If it's not in their current collection of content, their editorial team of experts will get the permissions for you!
Factory Schedule Show
Factory Schedule Show, available free, is developed by Professor Khoshnevis, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193. The contact information is Phone: (213) 740-4889, Fax: (213) 740-1120 and e-mail: khoshnev@usc.edu. FSS is a Windows based software which provides a graphical demonstration of factory operations schedule and machine loads. The system is also capable of showing relevant statistical data and performance measures.
- Click on Academic tab, followed by Software tab, followed by FSS tab.
- To run FSS: Follow the instructions.