A company has a factory that is designed so that it is most efficient (average unit cost is minimized) when producing 15,000 units of output each month. However, it has an absolute maximum output capability of 17,250 units per month, and can produce as little as 7000 units per month without corporate headquarters shifting production to another plant. If the factory produces 10,925 units in October, what is the capacity utilization rate in October for this factory?

Calculate Capacity utilization whereas:                                              Design Capacity per hr is 11,080 Units                                                Effective Capacity per minute is 138 Units                                               Actual Output per min is 109 Units                 Daily working hrs is 12 hrs per Shift with 300 working days annually

The cost infomation of an old process unit that has a capacity of 5,400 ft'/hr and a total cost of $8,500,000 is used to find the cost of a new unit that has a capacity of 8,500 t'hr. Assuming the total cost of the new unit is $12,000,000 you are required to state: 1. The method and equation that you will use to find that cost, 2. The value of the corresponding factor, 3. Is the value calculated in (2) within the accepted range?

A manager must decide between two machines. The manager will take into account each machine's operating costs and initial costs, and its breakdown and repair times. Machine A has a projected average operating time of 140 hours and a projected average repair time of 7 hours. Projected times for machine B are an average operating time of 70 hours and a repair time of 6 hours. What are the projected availabilities of each machine? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places). I don't want the answer. I just want to know HOW to do it.

You are the operations manager for Louisiana Oysters, Inc. The company has designed new "Oyster shucking" knife that is expected to reduce risk of injury to the user. Your firm plans to begin production of these knives soon. Either of two machines, A or B could be used for in-house production. Machine A would have a fixed cost of $6000 and a variable cost of $5 per knife produced, and machine B would have a fixed cost of $9600 but a variable cost of $3 per knife. Each knife is expected to sell for $15. Determine the Range of annual “Volume of Business“[Q], for which each of the two alternative machines would be optimal i.e. best. Hint: Compute various break-even points for your evaluation

A manager must decide which type of machine to buy, A, B, or C. Machine costs (per individual machine) are as follows: Machine Cost $50,000 A B $40,000 C $70,000 Product forecasts and processing times on the machines are as follows: PROCCESSING TIME PER UNIT (minutes) Annual Product Demand 1 2 3 4 18,000 25,000 15,000 9,000 A 1 5 4 5 A B C B Click here for the Excel Data File 6531 Total processing time in minutes per machine: a. Assume that only purchasing costs are being considered. Compute the total processing time required for each machine type to meet demand, how many of each machine type would be needed, and the resulting total purchasing cost for each machine type. The machines will operate 8 hours a day, 220 days a year. (Enter total processing times as whole numbers. Round up machine quantities to the next higher whole number. Compute total purchasing costs using these rounded machine quantities. Enter the resulting total purchasing cost as a whole number.) C 2 1 2 6

Two different manufacturing processes are being considered for making a new product. The first process is less capital-intensive, with fixed costs of only $48.200 per year and variable costs of $735 per unit. The second process has foxed costs of $394,000 but variable costs of only $205 per unit a. What is the break-even quantity, beyond which the second process becomes more attractive than the first? The volume at which the second process becomes more attractive is units. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number)

True or False: Capacity planning in operations management involves ensuring that a company's resources, including equipment, labor, and facilities, are able to meet current and future demand levels efficiently.

How many workers are needed at each stage if management wants a utilization of at least 85 percent? Round your answers up to the nearest whole number. Stage A: __  workers Stage B: __  workers Stage C: __  workers Stage D: __  workers Stage E: __   workers Suppose that the number of workers at each stage are as follows:   Stage Number of Workers A 5 B 3 C 7 D 5 E 2   What is the output rate at each stage? Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Stage A: __   units/hour Stage B: __  units/hour Stage C: __  units/hour Stage D: __  units/hour Stage E: __  units/hour Where is the bottleneck in this process? The bottleneck is  (Stage A, B, C, D, or E).

A company operates 8 hours per shift, two shifts per day, five days a week with 12 hours maintenance per week and other downtime of 2 hours per week. What is the effective capacity in hours per week? Moving to the