Operations Management
Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 1P

A commercial baker, has recorded sales (in dozens) for three products, shown as follows:

Chapter 3, Problem 1P, A commercial baker, has recorded sales (in dozens) for three products, shown as follows: a. Predict

a. Predict order for the following day for each of the product using an appropriate naive method Hint: Plot each data set.

b. What should the use of sales data instead of demand imply?

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