00985 2200145 4500245010000000020001800100700001700118650005500135005001900190260002600209041001200235084001000247300002700257500055500284 aDecision Support System for Production and Operations Managementb : for use with IBM PChText a0-256-05541-6 aLotfi, Vahid aDecision Support System for Production and Operati a20210403124119 aNew YorkbIrwinc1986 aEnglish a658.5 axiv,215 hlm, :c23 cm. aThe material coverred in the Introductory Production and Operations Management course is ideally suited to the development and utilization of compyter-assisted planning aids. With the arrival of the personal computer, the availability and accessibility of computer has become much easier for both instructor and student. Whereas the mainframe computer has always had a tendency to appear to be distant or removed from the user (as it actually was), the personal computer is more like a typewriter, telephone or slide rule in its function to the user.