Operations Management
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Author: Jay Heizer
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Chapter 9, Problem 2.1VC
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
WC company is the worlds largest manufactuer of ambulances had only a handful of employees while beginning. It is like many other companies did not build the manufacturing plant from scratch.
Since the plant is not built from scratch there are some issues where too many employees are running into each other in the assembly line. It has become increasingly difficult to finish an ambulance in seven days.
To explain: The analytical techniques available.
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A steel workshop wants to improve its productivity by making small metal hooks by changing the layout of the workshop into a workstation. The workshop has made observations on the activities of its workers in the workshop and arranged these activities in the form of the table below.
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Chapter 9 Solutions
Operations Management
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