Bruce's Material Company hauls gravel to a construction site, using a small truck and a large truck. The carrying capacity and operating cost per load are given in the accompanying table. Bruce must deliver a minimum of 280 cubic yards per day to satisfy her contract with the builder. The union contract with her drivers requires that the total number of loads per day is a minimum of 10. How many loads should be made in each truck per day to minimize the total cost? Capacity (yd) Cost per Load Small Truck Large Truck 40 70 $92 $71 In order to minimize the total cost, the number of loads in a small truck that should be made is and the number of loads in a large truck that should be made is

Stooge Enterprises (Stooges) manufactures wooden mallets for commercial and residentialapplications. Stooges landed a major contract as a supplier to Slapsticks, Inc., a leading retailer inseveral major cities throughout the upper Midwest. Because of the large volume of demand,Stooges has to expand its manufacturing operation to three shifts and hire additional workers.Not long after Stooges began mallets to Slapsticks, it began receiving some complaints about mallethead diameters. This problem was somewhat alarming to Stooges, because its reputation as a highquality manufacturer was the principal reason that it was selected as a supplier to Slapsticks.Stooges placed a great deal of confidence in its manufacturing capability because of its well trainedand dedicated employees, and it never felt the need to consider formal process control approaches.In view of the recent complaints, the company president suspected that the expansion to a three-shift operation and the pressures to produce…

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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