You work for the Brads Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic...
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You work for the Brads Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers. However, Brads nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging.
Your answer will be the production hours needed to execute a production plan that minimizes costs - rounded to the nearest whole hour. (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this chapter.)
Use Scenario 3
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Pneum. Cost
52
55.50
38.50
Pneum. Prod Hrs
0.2
0.4
0.25
Pneum. Test Hrs
0.3
0.3
0.4
Pneum. Pkg Hrs
0.1
0.1
0.1
Pneum. Sales
22,000
24,500
18,000
Cordless Cost
67
69.75
44
Cordless Prod Hrs
0.3
0.3
0.4
Cordless Test Hrs
0.4
0.5
0.4
Cordless Pkg Hrs
0.1
0.1
0.2
Cordless Sales
15,500
15,500
14,000
Prod Hrs max
10,000
20,000
20,000
Testing Hrs max
15,000
18,000
18,000
Pkg Hrs max
4,800
4,200
5,000
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