•     Increased coverage of forecasting, decision analysis, and optimization

•     Each chapter contains advanced material in a designated section

Focused chapters

•     From 9 chapters to 16 chapters, allowing more flexibility in assignments

•     3 chapters covering data analysis, regression and forecasting; 4 on optimization; and 2 on simulation

Broader coverage of Excel

•     New chapter that covers the Excel skills every reader should have

•     Additional chapter that covers skills used by experts

 Additional exercises and cases

•     Added exercises to the chapters and extended the set of cases

•     Created elementary exercises to provide practice for less experienced students