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Chapter 9, Problem 2.3VC
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 measure: The efficiency of this layout.
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