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Discuss some approaches for detecting and preventing failure.

Identify one specific operation within an organization and describe the detection and preventative measures that they take. How does this particular operation recover when failure does occur?

Reference:
Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A. & Johnston, R. (2013) Operations management. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. (Ch. 19 pp 624-629)

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This response looks at the failures for operations within an operation and the recovery process. A references is provided.

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This risk category for an organization should be predicated upon the use of active prevention is the approach to best detect and prevent failure as it enables monitoring of operational processes and guiding people's behaviors and decisions toward ...

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