Provides an opportunity for students to study the effect of different control methods for the production of industrial infrastructure. Information flow, inventory control, quality control, and process interaction and the different trade-offs are considered. Introduces the concept of inventory management and the concept of quality management. Based on earlier case R.H. Hayes, R.T. Lund, and W.E. Sasser, Jr. "Hide
by Ramchandran Jaikumar Source: Harvard Business School 11 pages. Publication Date: 01 Oct 1981. Prod. #: 682027-PDF-ENG
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