An agricultural machinery manufacturer can potentially make eight units per day. Its effective capacity, however, is four

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An agricultural machinery manufacturer can potentially make eight units per day. Its effective capacity, however, is four units per day, and its actual output is three units per day. The manager would like to increase the output per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate first: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.

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Operations Management

ISBN: 9781259270154

6th Canadian Edition

Authors: William J Stevenson, Mehran Hojati, James Cao

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