a manufacture has a stedy annual demand for 20,736 cases of sugar. it costs $9 to...
a) A manufacturer has a steady annual demand for 43, 520 cases of sugar. It costs $10 to store 1 case for 1 year, $34 in set up cost to produce each batch, and $15 to produce each case. Find the number of cases per batch that should be produced to minimize cost. b) Every year, the same manufacturer sells 107,856 cases of cookie mix. It costs them $2 per year in electricity to store a case, plus they must...
Every year, Danielle Santos sells 239,040 cases of her Delicious Cookie Mix. It costs her $2 per year in electricity to store a case, plus she must pay annual warehouse fees of $4 per case for the maximum number of cases she will store. If it costs her $747 to set up a production run, plus $6 per case to manufacture a single case, how many production runs should she have each year to minimize her total costs?
Every year, Danielle Santos sells 93,996 cases of her Delicious Cookie Mix. It costs her $1 per year in electricity to store a case, plus she must pay annual warehouse fees of $3 per case for the maximum number of cases she will store. If it costs her $746 to set up a production run, plus $6 per case to manufacture a single case, how many production runs should she have each year to minimize her total costs?
It costs a pharmaceutical company $75,000 to produce a 1,000-pound batch of a drug. The average yield from a batch is unknown but the best case is 90% yield (that is, 900 pounds of good drug will be produced), the most likely case is 85% yield, and the worst case is 70% yield. The annual demand for the drug is unknown, with the best case being 20,000 pounds, the most likely case 17,500 pounds, and the worst case 10,000 pounds....
It costs a pharmaceutical company $75,000 to produce a 1,000-pound batch of a drug. The average yield from a batch is unknown but the best case is 90% yield (that is, 900 pounds of good drug will be produced), the most likely case is 85% yield, and the worst case is 70% yield. The annual demand for the drug is unknown, with the best case being 20,000 pounds, the most likely case 17,500 pounds, and the worst case 10,000 pounds....
Bristol Fabricators, Inc., produces air purifiers in batches. To manufacture a batch of the purifiers, Bristol Fabricators, Inc., must set up the machines and assembly line tooling. Setup costs are batch-level costs because they are associated with batches rather than individual units of products. A separate Setup Department is responsible for setting up machines and tooling for different models of the air purifiers. Setup overhead costs consist of some costs that are variable and some costs that are fixed with...
2. Montegut Manufacturing produces a product for which the annual demand is 20,000 units. Production averages 80 units per day, while demand is 30 units per day. Holding costs are $5.00 per unit per year, and setup cost is $250.00. (a) If the firm wishes to produce this product in economic batches, what size batch should be used? (b) What is the maximum inventory level? (c) How many order cycles are there per year? (d) What are the total annual...
#1 ServKing is a tennis equipment manufacturer produces two different types of tennis balls, the SpinTec and the CourtMinder. The tennis balls are manufactured in batches; each batch of the SpinTec yields $14 profit, while each batch of the CourtMinder yields $7 profit. The maximum daily demand is for 150 batches of each type. The tennis balls are made using three separate processes: making the core, adding the middle layer, and coating with felt. There is one machine for making...
Stinehelfer Beet Processors, Inc., processes sugar beets in batches. A batch of sugar beets costs $52 to buy from farmers and $14 to crush in the company's plant. Two intermediate products, beet fiber and beet juice, emerge from the crushing process. The beet fiber can be sold as is for $28 or processed further for $20 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $40. The beet juice can be sold as is for $48 or processed...
XYZ Co. has estimated the cost of customer coordination activity as $1,000 per batch and the cost of inspection activity as $500 per inspection. The annual sales of 100,000 units of Product P is currently being produced in 10 batches of 10,000 units each and each batch requires 2 inspections, one at the start of production of the batch and the other at the end of production of the batch. The only customer for Product P has agreed to next...