Question

AlwaysRain Irigation, Inc., would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows: 1 (IN 000s)2 2 (IN 0008)3 (IN 0005) 4 (IN 0009 Plastic 90 Plastic 180 Plastic 360 Bronze 90 Bronze 180 Bronze 360 32 54 43 18 15 62 10 52 68 12 14 14 Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers require three operators and can produce up to 11,000 sprinklers. The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires three operators and can produce up to 300,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available What are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (Assume that there is no learning.) (Enter the demand values in thousands. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Year Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Plastic Demand for plastic sprinklers Percentage of capacity used Machine requirements Labor requirements Demand for bronze sprinklers Percentage of capacity used Machine requirements Labor requirements

Answer 1

Plastic	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Demand	98	116	132	140
Percentage of capacity used	98/300=32.67%	116/300=38.67	132/300=44%	140/300=46.67%
Machine requirement	1	1	1	1
Labor requirement	3	3	3	3
Bronze
Demand	24	25	31	32
% of capacity used	24/33=72.73%	25/33=75.76%	31/33=93.94%	32/33=96.97%
Machine requirement	3	3	3	3
Labor requirement	9	9	9	9