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ISBN: 9781305888210
Author: Collier
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 11, Problem 2PA
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Interpretation:Inventory and material management approaches of a local business.
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A family-owned, medium scale local supermarket has been selected in explaining about inventory and material management approaches. An organization of any scale would use some sort of a mechanism in managing inventory. Sometimes, they may not know that the approaches used by them without any formal knowledge are in fact formal approaches practiced at a much larger scale.
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