Records a number of performance measures

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Making cappuccino. A large chain of coffee shops records a number of performance measures. Among them is the time required to complete an order for a cappuccino, measured from the time the order is placed. Suggest some plausible examples of each of the following.

(a) Reasons for common cause variation in response time.
(b) s-type special causes.
(c) -type special causes.

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