Errata for
First Printing of
Production and Operations Management: An Applied Modern Approach by Joseph S. Martinich
(6/17/97)

This list only contains corrections to misprints that would be confusing if not corrected; simple misprints, such as transposed letters, words not italicized, etc., are not listed.

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Correction

ix

22 in col 2

"IMB" should be "IBM"

53

7

"page 00" should be "page 29"

88

Figure 3.6

"Delivery between hub regions" on left side of Figure should be "Delivery within hub region"

131

14

"St" should be "S2"

189

Table T1.8

"-4,000" in bottom right of table should be "-40,000"

191

4 in col 2

"XXX" should be "QS for WINDOWS"

198

last in col 2

"198" should be "172"

227

Figure 5.6

Caption for (b) should be "Robust", not "Robert"

230

Figure 5.8

There should be a circle corresponding to "strong relationship" in the third customer requirement row/second technical attribute column (same as in
Figure 5.7)

249

4 of shaded box

The (0.2) values in the Reliability column should be (0.02). So the total reliability equation should be:"[1-(0.02)(0.02)(0.02)] x 0.99 x 0.97 x 0.95 x 0.97 = 0.885" {The three terms (0.02) were originally printed incorrectly as ().2).}

249

12 of problem 6

"probability" should be "reliability"

315

7 of col 1

"-" sign on far right should be "+" sign

444

Figure 9.8

"l1" in Sales dept. should be l2"

461

Figure 9.15

"M/M/1" in caption should be "M/D/1"

500

Last within tan box at top

"policy 1" should be "policy 2"

555

Figure 10S.2

"Actual date" should be "Actual data"

591

Table 11.5

Under the column heading "Sample Mean" the capital X should have a bar over it as follows: ""The values in the sample no. 7 line should be: "7 351.2 351.3 350.9 350.9 351.075 0.4"

The line for sample no. 8 is missing. The line should read:
"8 350.9 351.0 351.0 351.2 351.025 0.3"

In the second line from the bottom the capital X should have two bars above it (as in the footnote at the bottom of that page), and its numerical value is incorrect; it should be 350.990.

609

Table 11.8

In sample 5 the third observed time should be "13" not "23"

632

Table 12.4

Last three lines should read:

"March 1,891 0 359 231,969 2,000
April 1,891
Totals 13,293 438 497 253,417"

633

Table 12.4

Costs should read:

"Wages costs = 13293 pers-monthsx$2000 = $26,586,000
Hiring costs = 438 workers x $3000 = $ 1,314,000
Dismissal costs = 497 workers x $2500 = $ 1,242,500
Inventory costs = 253,417 items x $10 = $ 2,534,170
Total cost $31,676,670

635

1

">" should be ">"

636

5

below example "358" should be "359"

851

Table 17.2

Rows for tasks I and J are reversed in order

865

24

"latest finishing (LS)" should be "latest finishing (LF)"

875

Figure 17.19

Arrow between F and M should be deleted; arrows from F to L and from H to I should be added

A6

ch 8, prb 1(d)

"P=1108" should be "P=1200"

A7

ch 8, prb 13(a)

In column labeled 7, delete X in row A, add X in row B
13(b) "FG,AC,CE, and AFG" should be "FG, ACE, and DFG". In the figure, the dotted lines enclosing rows A and C should also enclose row E for columns 5, 3, and 8; the dotted lines enclosing rows F and G should include row 1.

A8

Ch 11 supp, prb 3

"0.8781" should be "0.8088" in both the table and the figure



Errata to Instructors Manual for

Production and Operations Management: An Applied Modern Approach
by Joseph Martinich


page

line

correction

15

prob 4(a)

The units for the axes are missing. The
x-axis is in hundred thousands (00,000),
and the y-axis is in thousands ($000).

39

prob 4(a)

The data point on the y-axis should be
deleted, and the data points for five of the months are missing.

62

3

from bottom 3500 should be 3000 (this is correct in
the answers at the end of the text)

151

Table

The positional weight for Task A should be "95", not "97"

161

problem 13

delete the X in row A of column labeled "7"; add X in row B of column labeled "7"

162

2-3

The line should read: "(b) The solid lines
identify some possible cells: FG, ACE, and DFG...."

255

10

The term "/4=2" should be "/=2"

259

last of prob 12

"RP =20 is better" should be "RP = 16 is better."



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Last Updated: August 29, 1997

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