Mountain Laurel Vineyards produces three kinds of wineMountain Blanc, Mountain Red, and Mountain Blush. The company has 17 tons of grapesavailable to produce wine this season. A cask of Blanc requires 0.21 tons of grapes, a cask of Red requires 0.24 tons, and a cask of Blushrequires 0.18 tons. The vineyard has enough storage space in its aging room to store 80 casks of wine.The vineyard has 2,500 hours of production capacity, and it requires 12 hours to produce a cask of Blanc, 14.5 hours to produce a cask of Red,and 16 hours to produce a cask of Blush. From past sales the vineyard knows that demand for the Blush will be no more than half of the sales ofthe other two wines combined. The profit for a cask of Blanc is $7,500, the profit for a cask of Red is $8,200, and the profit for a cask of Blush is$10,500 If the vineyard were to determine that the profit from Red was $7,600 instead of $8,200, how would that affect the optimal solution?

The Petoskey Potato Chip Company produces 3 varieties of gourmet potato chip. The varieties and average daily demand are given below: Bar-B-Que: 325 cases/day Sour Cream & Onion: 215 cases/day Classic Cut: 360 ases/day The company runs 24 hours/day and can produce 1,300 cases of potato chips per day. Each case of potato chip costs $20 to produce and Petoskey assumes 18% of this cost as the annual holding cost. It takes Petoskey 5 hours to setup for production of a different variety at a cost of $715. Calculate the minimum cost cycle time in days. Answer: 25.2 How is this calculated?

ABC Apple Juice Company produces and markets fresh fruit juice. During the apple harvest season, trucks bring apples from the fields to the process plant during a workday that runs long hours from 7AM. On peak days, approximately 3,000 kg of apples are trucked in per hour. Trucks dump their contents in a holding bin with a storage capacity of 9,000 kg. When the bin is full, incoming trucks must wait until it has sufficient available space. A conveyor moves apples from bin to the processing plant. The plant is configured to process apples at the rate of 2,000 kg per hour. Trucks arrive uniformly between 7:00AM to 5:00PM. Each truck holds about 1,000 kg of apples. The truck drivers are paid at the rate of $10 per hour. As ABC makes fresh juice, it does not store apples. Processing plant starts at 10:00AM and ends when all the apples received during the day have been processed. It takes 2 hours to clean the empty plant that must be kept ready for the next day production. Trucks are owned…

The first station can process a unit in 10 minutes  First Station capacity = 60/10 = 6 units per hour As the second station has 2 identical machines in parallel, each of which can process a unit in 12 minutes. Each unit needs to be processed on one of the two machines. Second Station Capacity = 60 x 2/12 = 10 units per hour The third station can process a unit in 8 minutes Third Station capacity = 60/8 = 7.5 units per hour  What is the hourly capacity of this production line?