Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 9P
Arrange six departments into a 2 × 3 grid so that these conditions are satisfied. 1 close to 2, 5 close to 2 and 6, 2 close to 5, and 3 not close to 1 or 2.
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Arrange six departments into a 2 × 3 grid so that these conditions are satisfied: 1 close to 2, 5 close to 2 and 6, 2 close to 5, and 3 not close to 1 or 2.
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Operations Management
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