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[lejo]

1. Grab the nearest book

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You never studied.

[delfonic]

The consultant told him there was, but the improvement that could be obtained depended critically on the accuracy of forecasts of production requirements. Efficient scheduling for poor forecasts would not yield much improvement in performance. The vice president asked how the potenital savings might be estimated before launching a detailed study.

This is riveting stuff...from 'How to Dissolve Tomorrow's Crisis...Today: Idealized Design >Creating an Organization's Future<' by Russell Ackoff, Jason Magidson, and Herbert Addison.