Operations Management
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 4P
Prepare a service blueprint for each of these post office transactions:
a. Buy stamps from a machine
b. Buy stamps from a postal clerk
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