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2.6-3. Read Selected Reference A7 that describes an OR study done for TNT Expres

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Question

2.6-3. Read Selected Reference A7 that describes an OR study done for TNT Express that won the 2012
Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. This
study led to a worldwide global optimization (GO) program for the company. A “GO Academy” then
was established to train the key employees who would implement the program.
(a) What is the main objective of the GO academy?
(b) How much time do the trainees devote to this program?
(c) What designation is given to graduating employees?

Explanation / Answer

(a Ans) The main objective of GO is Creating awareness on board games which has simple and few rules but considered as most challenging and difficult in strategy-based games. Their passion is to develop a simplified teaching approach in a highly disciplined environment in board games.

(b Ans) In GO, they have different training modules with different time and duration with different packages involved. The duration is a timely based one as per the package opted by the individual.

(c Ans) It depends on the training package they have chosen.