| Article ID: | iaor199186 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Start Page Number: | 62 |
| End Page Number: | 65 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1988 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Sarin Sanjiv |
This case study describes a project in planning an operation in the materials receiving department of a factory. Focus is on the practical difficulties of collecting relevant data and formulating the problem in a solvable form.