Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134855424
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Interpretation:Conditions that lead diseconomies of scale are to be determined.

Concept introduction: A young boy opens a lemonade stand on a street corner. This intersection is near a large university campus and a major construction site. Firstly, the boy's timing is stop on since temperatures are expected to reach 100° Fin the next few days. Also, his location is excellent for the business as he can expect a large volume of customers from both the construction site as well as the university

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