Outline
                                Outline
         Global Company Profile:  
             Global Company Profile:  
             Anheuser-Busch
             Anheuser-Busch
         The Planning Process
             The Planning Process
         The Nature of Aggregate Planning
             The Nature of Aggregate Planning
         Aggregate Planning Strategies
             Aggregate Planning Strategies
              Capacity Options
                  Capacity Options
              Demand Options
                  Demand Options
              Mixing Options to Develop a Plan
                  Mixing Options to Develop a Plan
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                 Outline – Continued
                 Outline – Continued
         Methods for Aggregate Planning
             Methods for Aggregate Planning
               Graphical Methods
                  Graphical Methods
               Mathematical Approaches
                  Mathematical Approaches
               Comparison of Aggregate Planning 
                  Comparison of Aggregate Planning 
                  Methods
                  Methods
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                 Outline – Continued
                 Outline – Continued
        Aggregate Planning in Services
             Aggregate Planning in Services
              Restaurants
                  Restaurants
              Hospitals
                  Hospitals
              National Chains of Small Service 
                  National Chains of Small Service 
                 Firms
                  Firms
              Miscellaneous Services 
                                                     
                  Miscellaneous Services
              Airline Industry
                  Airline Industry
        Yield Management
             Yield Management
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                 Learning Objectives
                 Learning Objectives
       When you complete this chapter you 
       When you complete this chapter you 
       should be able to:
       should be able to:
            1. Define aggregate planning
            1. Define aggregate planning
            2. Identify optional strategies for 
            2. Identify optional strategies for 
                developing an aggregate plan
                developing an aggregate plan
            3. Prepare a graphical aggregate plan
            3. Prepare a graphical aggregate plan
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                 Learning Objectives
                 Learning Objectives
       When you complete this chapter you 
       When you complete this chapter you 
       should be able to:
       should be able to:
            4. Solve an aggregate plan via the 
            4. Solve an aggregate plan via the 
                transportation method of linear 
                transportation method of linear 
                programming
                programming
            5. Understand and solve a yield 
            5. Understand and solve a yield 
                management problem
                management problem
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