Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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ISBN: 9781478623069
Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 6.6, Problem 21P
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Interpretation: find the route schedule obtained from the savings method to the given problem.
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Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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