Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
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Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: The improvement in the reliability by comparing the reliabilities of two process.
Introduction: Reliability is the degree to which the performance of the product would reach the expected period of time. Reliability helps to mitigate or protect the product over the time.
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