1. Managerial Decision Analysis  Survey results  Course curriculum development

2. Survey Respondents: Industry:n% Manufacturing2525.8% Transportation2121.6 Vendor2020.6 Retail99.3 Service99.3 Other1111.3 -----22.1 Total97100%

3. OverallTrans.Vend.MfgRetail 11111 22222 33473 44334 55768 69656 76545 87989 Analytical Methods: Cost/benefit analysis Breakeven analysis Correlation analysis Time series forecasting Simulation modeling Multiple regression Analysis of variance Linear optimization Analytical Methods - Top 5 Ranking:

4. OverallTrans.Vend.MfgRetail 12111 237102 38285 41117 56646 610534 741223 87867 10134129 119105 Decision Area: Sales Forecasting Product Pricing Category management Transportation costing Product mixes Order quantities Order management Inventory Positioning Post promotion anal. Safety Stock Levels Decision Areas - Top 7 Ranking:

5. Planned undergraduate courses:  An elective sequence geared for all majors 1.Business Decision Making using Excel 2.Business modeling & decision analysis 3.Business application – possibly partner with a company Data Analysis: Application problems for each business discipline Excel based RFID lab data Data from AC Nielsen

6. Current MMBA Course: Information, Technology, and Decision Making Primary Analytical topics:  Decision Making Under Uncertainty  Estimation & Hypothesis Testing  Regression Analysis  Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

7. Possible graduate level elective (MBA, MTLM, MIS, MACC)  Cost/Benefit with Sensitivity Analysis  Simulation Modeling  Optimization  Data Mining techniques  Other content ??  Some combination ??