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Supply Chain Management Simulation Activity part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data Simulations:Examples
A free online simulation that demonstrated the bull-whip effect, and the complexities of supply chain management, responding to changes in customer demand.

First Accounting Cycle, 1 -- Classifying Accounting Data Using Excel part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum module. Students build a spreadsheet to post financial transactions and use a table-lookup function to classify them.

Calzones vs. Mini-Pizzas -- A Linear Programming Problem part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build a spreadsheet to find the combination of mini-pizzas and calzones that maximizes revenue given constraints on labor time and baking time.

The Price is Right - Or is it? part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students learn through the use of spreadsheets how to optimize profits and revenues.

First Accounting Cycle, 2 -- Sorting and Grouping Data Using Excel part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum module. Students work with the spreadsheet they created in Part I to sort and classify the data they entered using a Pivot Table.