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A firm just completed a new plant that will produce more than $500$ different products, using more than $50$ different production lines and machines. The production scheduling decisions are critical in that sales will be lost if customer demands are not met on time. If no individual in the firm has experience with this production operation and if new production schedules must be generated each week, why should the firm consider a quantitative approach to the production scheduling problem? $($Select all that apply.$)$

The situation involves a new process.The importance to the firm and its customers.The analysis needs to be revisited frequently.The complexity of the problem.The large scale of the problem.The manager of the new plant just graduated from business school.The firm hired an outside consultancy to address the problem.A manager from an existing plant will relocate to run the new plant.None of the above.