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Process and layout are dictated for the most part by the technology. For example, steel production for over a century has consisted of smelting iron ore from the mines into iron and then rolling steel sheets. Improved equipment has made the process more efficient and effective, but has not completely changed the process. Process changes have been greater and more observable in the service industry. Fast food restaurants have long ago moved away from prepared food kept under hot lamps to food made to order from the time an order is placed. The introduction of the Airbus A380 super jumbo made airports reconstruct facilities to enable over 500 passengers board the aircraft simultaneously at two levels. Process research remains a discipline that has not seen enough study. Anyone visiting Disneyworld in Orlando can appreciate the enormous thought and planning that goes into each ride and exhibit with a smooth and safe movement of people. This online course is a departure from the traditional class format. Is it effective? How could it be made better? You can answer these questions better than I can.