Subject category:
Production and Operations Management
Published by:
Darden Business Publishing
Version: 6 April 2018
Revision date: 10-Apr-2018
Abstract
This note provides an introduction to process analysis, covering key concepts such as bottlenecks, capacity, capacity utilization and throughput time. Concepts are illustrated in a context that is simple and familiar to most students: a neighborhood drycleaners. The note is suitable as a technical reading on process analysis in a required MBA or undergraduate course in operations management.
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Abstract
This note provides an introduction to process analysis, covering key concepts such as bottlenecks, capacity, capacity utilization and throughput time. Concepts are illustrated in a context that is simple and familiar to most students: a neighborhood drycleaners. The note is suitable as a technical reading on process analysis in a required MBA or undergraduate course in operations management.