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Description: George has recently joined XYZ Corporation as its vice-president of operations. Within a month of his joining, he started making operational changes in the production process of the department. The lower level workers find it extremely difficult to d

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Identify the problem in this case and suggest certain measures to overcome this problem.

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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