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- Title
SCALE OF OPERATIONS--AN EMPIRICAL STUDY.
- Authors
Bowman, Edward H.
- Abstract
This study concerns the optimum size of an ice cream branch plant and territory The company operated ten plants covering a seven state area At the time of the study, management was uncertain as to even the approximate size of an optimum plant The study revealed that about six larger plants would be a better system The company now operates six plants and is considering cutting this number still further
- Subjects
MANUFACTURING processes; ECONOMIES of scale; MANAGEMENT; ICE cream industry; INDUSTRIAL engineering; ICE cream, ices, etc.; OPERATIONS research; APPROXIMATION theory; FUNCTIONAL analysis
- Publication
Operations Research, 1958, Vol 6, Issue 3, p320
- ISSN
0030-364X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/opre.6.3.320