Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9781259580093
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 11P
Using the information in the following grid, determine if the department locations shown are appropriate. If not, modify the assignments so that the conditions are satisfied.
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