Mylab Operations Management With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management (13th Edition)
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Chapter 13, Problem 2CS
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Company AC is a distributor and producer of outdoor lighting fixtures. It operates three different plants to produce outdoor lighting fixtures and has five distribution centers. The capacity of distribution centers is as follows:
Warehouse | Capacity (units) |
Warehouse 1 | 9,000 |
Warehouse 2 | 13,000 |
Warehouse 3 | 11,000 |
Warehouse 4 | 15,000 |
Warehouse 5 | 8,000 |
Capacity of the three plants is given as follows:
Plants | Capacity (units) |
Plant 1, regular time | 27,000 |
Plant 1, overtime | 7,000 |
Plant 2, regular time | 20,000 |
Plant 2, overtime | 5,000 |
Plant 3, regular time | 25,000 |
Plant 3, overtime | 6,000 |
Variable cost and fixed cost of each plant are given as follows:
Plant | Variable cost per unit | Fixed cost per unit | |
Operating | Not operating | ||
Plant 1, regular time | $2.80 | $14,000 | $6,000 |
Plant 1, overtime | $3.52 | ||
Plant 2, regular time | $2.78 | $12,000 | $5,000 |
Plant 2, overtime | $3.48 | ||
Plant 3, regular time | $2.72 | $15,000 | $7,500 |
Plant 3, overtime | $3.42 |
Distribution cost per unit is given as follows:
From plants | Warehouse 1 | Warehouse 2 | Warehouse 3 | Warehouse 4 | Warehouse 5 |
Plant 1 | $0.50 | $0.44 | $0.49 | $0.46 | $0.56 |
Plant 2 | $0.40 | $0.52 | $0.50 | $0.56 | $0.57 |
Plant 3 | $0.56 | $0.53 | $0.51 | $0.54 | $0.35 |
To determine: The implications of closing a plant.
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