1. Plan of the day OPERATIONS CONTROL

2.  Introductions/Background Info  Syllabus  Course background  Noppa  Assignments & Groups  First topic: Systems and Models/ Next class assignment PLAN

3.  Name  Previous degree / current degree  Work experience  Programming experience  Media development experience  Future professional plans: type of position and in what industry  Email YOUR INFO Please write all this in a piece of paper

4. MY BACKGROUND INFO US Commonwealth Population: 3.5 million Area: 9,100 km 2 Language: Spanish From Puerto Rico

5.  GDP by sector  Manufacturing: 46.4%,  Finance, insurance and real estate: 19.6%,  Services: 12.5%,  Government: 8.6%,  Trade: 8%,  Transportation and other public utilities: 2.9%,  Construction and Mining: 1.7%,  Agriculture: 0.6% PR’S ECONOMY

6.  Pharma/Bio-tech  Ten of the top 20 drugs in the US are manufactured in PR (not sole source)  60+ mfg. facilities, 20K+ direct employees  $31 billion exports  Medical Devices  Over 50% of all pacemakers and defibrillators sold in the US mainland are manufactured in PR  30+ mfg. facilities, 19K + direct employees  $5+ billion exports  Other areas (apparel, electronics) PR’S ECONOMY

8.  Public university system with 11 campuses across the island. Three key campuses:  A medical sciences campus  An engineering focused campus (Ph.D. granting): UPR-Mayaguez  A humanities/ social sciences/ natural sciences focused campus (Ph.D. granting): UPR-Rio Piedras  About 60K students and 5K faculty UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

9.  Industrial Engineering degrees  Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA), Stanford (Palo Alto, CA) and Penn State (University Park, PA)  Professional Experience  Full time engineer in the electronics sector  Startup/small company – software development for NASA  Consultant  Academic Experience  University of Puerto Rico  University of Texas – El Paso  Visiting: Various Universities in Latin America and now at Aalto University  Over 50 journal publications; over 50 academic presentations MY CAREER

10.  Fulbright program The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.  Fellowships in both directions  For students, faculty, and professionals  Working on research projects related to production planning and third party logistics CURRENTLY AT AALTO

11.  Introductions/Background Info  Syllabus  Course background  Noppa  Assignments & Groups  First topic: Systems and Models/ Next class assignment PLAN

12.  Course is about operations control based on management science models and systems approaches.  Courses like this are offered at most major business programs  We will use some materials from the Sloan School of Management at MIT  http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-057- systems-optimization-spring-2003/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-057- systems-optimization-spring-2003/index.htm  http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-053- optimization-methods-in-management-science-spring-2013/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-053- optimization-methods-in-management-science-spring-2013/  Let’s view the syllabus. COURSE BACKGROUND

13.  Course materials  Most will be posted in Noppa: Presentations, assignments, work done in class, …  Noppa also has chapters from the textbook: Applied Mathematical Programming by Bradley, Hax, and Magnanti (Addison-Wesley, 1977)  We will also use as reference the book: Practical Management Science, Revised 3rd Edition by Winston, Wayne L., Albright, S. Christian. This is an older edition, the 4 th is the current edition)  A pdf is currently available at this site. www.ingenieria-industrial.net/downloads/practicalmanagementscience.pdf  Computer and software  Students should have a Windows based computer with Excel  We will use the computer during class meetings, bring your laptops. COURSE MATERIALS/ SOFTWARE

14.  This is a fast course, only 6 weeks (11 meetings)  At start some “heavy reading”, then lots of problem solving, then “development”  Some assignments to be submitted online to hw.geop@gmail.com.  Important that you follow naming instructions for the files  Use this email only to submit hw  Regular email for questions: alex.ruiztorres@upr.edu  Many group activities.  Start – I will assign teams  Later – possibly self forming teams  During week 5 teams will submit a proposal for a practical model/system based on a local organization. Details later. ASSIGNMENTS AND GROUPS

15.  Introductions/Background Info  Syllabus  Course background  Noppa  Assignments & Groups  First topic: Systems and Models/ Next class assignment PLAN