Operations Management
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 3, Problem 5CQ
You observe a long line at the airport security. The process currently is
- a. capacity-constrained.
- b. demand-constrained.
- c. unconstrained.
- d. linearly constrained.
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