Intended for introductory management science and quantitative methods courses for both undergraduates and MBAs and operations research courses in engineering, these real-world cases offer the meaningful applications that will enrich any course. Perfect for courses using spreadsheets, the book's 54 cases are all based on real-life situations. They are organized under major topical groupings such as linear programming, project planning, transportation and assignment problems, inventory decisions, simulation, game theory, forecasting, and decision analysis.