Operations Management
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Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To compare: The two approaches of fast-food chains and to identify the products that are popular in spite of known health risks.
Product or service redesign:
A product or service redesign is changing the features of the product or a service according to the latest developments in various fields. It will enable the firm to stay in competition with the current trend.
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