Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134130422
Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 8DQ
What are the options for the production planner who has:
- a.
scheduled more than capacity in a work center next week? - b. a consistent lack of capacity in that work center?
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Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
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