Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 15P
The manager of a fashionable restaurant open Wednesday through Saturday say that the restaurant does about 35 percent of its business on Friday night 30 percent on Saturday night, and 20 percent on Thursday night What seasonal relatives would describe this situation?
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Chapter 3 Solutions
Operations Management
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