A small language school has a class offering capacity of 80 students per day. Its effective capacity, however, is 64 students per day, and its actual output is 62 students per day. The operational manager would like to increase the number of students per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.A small language school has a class offering capacity of 80 students per day. Its effective capacity, however, is 64 students per day, and its actual output is 62 students per day. The operational manager would like to increase the number of students per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.

A small language school has a class offering capacity of 80 students per day. Its effective capacity, however, is 64 students per day, and its actual output is 62 students per day. The operational manager would like to increase the number of students per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.A small language school has a class offering capacity of 80 students per day. Its effective capacity, however, is 64 students per day, and its actual output is 62 students per day. The operational manager would like to increase the number of students per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter4: Linear Programming Models

Section4.8: Data Envelopment Analysis (dea)

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