Amazon Problem Set

This ETP is a problem set designed to introduce students to jobs and tasks in business operations. The problems are based on work done in Amazon Lab126’s Sustaining Operations department. It introduces students to roles within the organization, including Operation Program Manager, Materials Program Manager, and Site Technical Manager. Students encounter different roles as they work through a fictitious scenario related to sustaining the production line of the Glow device. Students will use problem solving and critical thinking to make decisions for the roles and analyze the results of a decision.

This problem set is designed to be used at the beginning of the year for an Algebra 2 class. Students are asked to use one or more representations of linear functions and to solve a system of equations, which gives an opportunity to review Algebra 1 concepts and skills that will be built on in Algebra 2. Many problems are left intentionally open, so that students need to determine which mathematical skills are going to be most relevant. Student groups are required to draw conclusions in a given context and to provide sufficient evidence to support their conclusions in order to move onto the next part of the problem set.