August 2002 • Volume 29 Number 4 The following table of contents lists articles in the August 2002 print edition of OR/MS Today. You may follow any of the linked titles to read those items in their entirety. For quick navigation you may jump directly to any of the following sections: Departments Features INFORMS News Departments Inside Story President's Desk INFORMS Online Cyberspace Issues in Education Was It Something I Said? ORacle Real World Letters Forum Calendar New Books Industry Update 2002 Winter Simulation Conference Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features Teaching Trends Frame, Formulate and Solve By Richard C. Larson It's the one skill that OR professionals must have, so why aren't we teaching more of it?   Defining Success By Steve Powell When it comes to measuring the success of management science courses in MBA programs, look at what our students achieve on the job.   Managing the Student Supply Chain By Erhan Erkut and Armann Ingolfsson How to make management science a major player in business schools.   OR's Top 25 By Saul I. Gass Twenty-five books that shaped how operations research is taught and practiced.   Computing Software Survey: Add-Ins for OR/MS By Thomas A. Grossman Once considered little more than a curiosity, spreadsheet add-ins evolve into powerful tools for analytical professionals.   2002 Spreadsheet Add-ins Software Survey   Software Review: Enterprise Optimizer By Thomas W. Knowles Geared toward the business planning and simulation market, this unique product from River Logic boasts plenty of power and flexibility. INFORMS News San Jose Meeting Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium Colloquia Nominations Academic-Practitioner Interface Practice Poster Session OR in the News Position Statement: Michael H. Rothkopf Position Statement: Les Servi People Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service page! OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 2002 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 506 Roswell Street, Suite 220, Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com URL: http://www.lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 2002 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.