10. The company decided to purchase the equipment and choose between the two types of equipment. The investment cost of each type of equipment is shown in the table below. tipe           cost        1           10000       2           14000       The product requirements and operation time of the two devices are shown in the table below: product  anual demand  processing time  min   1 12000 4 6   2   10000 9 9   3 18000 5 3   1) If the equipment works 250 days a year and operates for 8 hours a day, how many sets of each type of equipment are needed to meet the demand? What is the annual buffer processing time of each type of equipment? 2) If you take requirements as an important consideration, What kind of equipment will be selected under the demand of high certainty? What kind of equipment will be selected under the demand of low certainty?

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10. The company decided to purchase the equipment and choose between the two types of equipment. The investment cost of each type of equipment is shown in the table below.

tipe          

cost 

     
1           10000      
2           14000      

The product requirements and operation time of the two devices are shown in the table below:

product  anual demand  processing time  min  
1 12000 4 6  

2

 

10000 9 9  
3 18000 5 3  

1) If the equipment works 250 days a year and operates for 8 hours a day, how many sets of each type of equipment are needed to meet the demand? What is the annual buffer processing time of each type of equipment?

2) If you take requirements as an important consideration, What kind of equipment will be selected under the demand of high certainty? What kind of equipment will be selected under the demand of low certainty?

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