The Applied Business Analytics Casebook

Matthew J. Drake, Ph.D., CFPIM, is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and the Director of International Business Programs in the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University. Dr. Drake primarily teaches analytical courses in the Supply Chain Management program. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Duquesne University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His first book, Global Supply Chain Management, was published by Business Expert Press in 2012. Dr. Drake’s research has been published in a number of leading journals including Naval Research Logistics, the European Journal of Operational Research, Omega, the International Journal of Production Economics, OR Spectrum, the Journal of Business Ethics, and Science and Engineering Ethics. Several of his previous cases and teaching materials have been published in INFORMS Transactions on Education and Spreadsheets in Education.   Dr. Drake lives in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Nicole; his daughter, Noelle; and his dog, Bismarck.

Part 1: Forecasting and Statistical Analysis

1. Forecasting Sales at Ska Brewing Company

2. Maintaining Financial Success and Expanding into Other Markets at FeedMyPet.com

3. Forecasting Offertory Revenue at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church

4. Pizza Station

Part 2: Optimization and Simulation





5. Inventory Management at Squirrel Hill Cosmetics 6. Safety Stock Planning for a Hong Kong Fashion Retailer

7. Network Design at Commonwealth Pipeline Company

8. Publish or Perish: Scheduling Challenges in the Publishing Industry

Part 3: Decision Analysis





9. Narragansett Brewing Company: Build a Brewery 10. Aluminum vs. Plastic: A Life-Cycle Perspective on the Use of These Materials in Laptop Computers

11. HealthCare’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program

12. Paperbackswap.com: Got Books? 

13. Stranded in the Nyiri Desert: A Group Case Study

Part 4: Advanced Business Analytics

14. Joe’s Coin Shop: Entry into Online Auctions

15.  Vehicle Routing at Otto’s Discount Brigade

 

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The complete, up-to-date casebook for analytics in SCM, OM, and OR: concise, focused cases that make you the analyst and decision-maker.