Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 4.8, Problem 27P
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Changes in order policy of vegetables.
Introduction:
Order policy is the instruction of order renewal or its exhaustion during a financial period. It is generally done when aggregate planning of demand is done.
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