Operations Management
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Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 18, Problem 1CQ
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To determine: The performance measures that corresponds to how work is sequenced at a resource.
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E. Inventory and flow time.
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Flow time is the amount of a unit spends time in processing from beginning to end. Inventory is the quantity of finished products that are accumulated by a firm to meet the demand. Inventory and flow time determine the performance measures which decides how work is sequenced with the available resources.
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