Category Archives: Production Operations

How to load passengers.

Posted on August 29, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Some advice from a physicist.  What are the assumptions he is operating with? How does it differ from Southwest?

More on loading passengers on to planes « The Operations Room

 

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Weird Measurements provoke weird behavior

Posted on August 29, 2011 by | Leave a comment

You get what you measure. Here’s a new take on it.

Perverse incentives in managing hospital queues « The Operations Room

 

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Robots to the People

Posted on August 27, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Read another article about Willow Garage here in Technology Review.

 

(Video) Can This $400K Beer-Fetching Robot Work In An Office? | Manufacturing Business Technology

http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/apps/cvp/4.0/swf/cnn_money_384x216_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=/video/technology/2011/08/22/tt_willow_garage_robots.cnnmoney

Andy Grove – Technology Review

 

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