Operations management, however, is not just about optimizing a given process or capacity allocation decision - it is also about improving process through innovation.
Pesos, which are worth a dollar, have become so tight that the 70 regulars who come every night have just about given up playing chinchón, a card game that is akin to gin rummy, because the stakes rise too quickly.
I had just about given up finding a bus to get on (as I said, they were all packed).
Writing that he was about to start looking for work, he added: "I was just about to give it a try when they cut me off.
I was just about to give him a few tips for getting along at The Times, when he saw that I was about to embarrass myself and rescued me: "If you're going to Los Angeles," he said, "be sure to look up my daughter, Karen Sulzberger".
"I was just about to give him a rollicking but I ended up clapping him," said Gerrard.
With E & C in the ring at the start of the show, they were just about to give the crowd a five second pose before Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman interrupted.
Gina Atanasoff has just about given up.
Brocato had just about given up hope.
We'd just about given up".
