Operations and Supply Chain Management
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Author: F. Robert Jacobs
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Chapter 5, Problem 8PE
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To explain: The good target percent of capacity utilization for a checkout counter.
Capacity utilization rate:
It is the measure of the proportion of economic output actually realized against the actual capability of a firm.
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