Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134855424
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Interpretation: Whether the manager should hire any new personnel and the recommendations to the manager are to be concluded.

Concept Introduction: Poisson distribution is the tool helps to calculate the probability of happening in fixed period of time. Exponential distribution is the expected value of time elapsed between the two events.

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