Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781478623069
Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 2.4, Problem 8P
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To explain: The meaning of the saying from an inventory control manager if the manager says that it is not his/her fault that the production units lacked, it is due to the wrong forecast of demand.
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Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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