Research Methods
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Define quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods. List some the widely used quantitative and qualitative methods.
Describe and compare the following four commonly used scheduling rules: priority dispatching rules, search techniques, bottleneck methods, and knowledge-based techniques.
Describe the role of each agent plays in the virtual manufacturing-based sales agent (VMSA) system.
Why are forcasting abd scheduling management so important in e-commerce era?
What are proper forecasting methods for the four different production processes?






