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Introduction to Operations Management, Walley 2017 includes Figure 3: US Coast Guard Photo / Alamy Stock Photo.
Figure 2: Adapted from Hayes and Wheelright in Neely, A. (1998) Measuring Business Performance, British Books for Managers, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Keep on learning image: ©Konstantin Chagin/iStockphoto.com
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Video 5: ‘Horse meat scandal – the journey food makes from farm to plate’, Worries about the journey food makes from farm to plate, BBC; Horse meat scandal one year on - BBC Breakfast, BBC.
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