The "Red and Black" Problem
The Problem: There is a shortage of Red and Black newspapers in many locations while other locations have an excess.
We are planning to improve the distributing process.
The undesirable effects of the process are:
- Trying to find a bin.
- Trying to find a paper in the afternoon.
- Trying to get a paper at available bins -> some bins are never filled.
Casual analysis finds that the root causes of the undesirable effects are:
- not knowing the total demand for papers
- not knowing the demand for papers by location
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