what is the capacity utilization rate in October for this factory? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

Please do not give solution in image format thanku Bob's candle factory is considering three different manufacturing options. Option A uses hand labor with fixed costs of $10,000 and variable costs of $2.75/candle. Option B uses a combination of hand and automation with fixed costs of $15,000 and variable costs of $1.10/candle. Option C is highly automated with fixed costs of $20,000 and variable costs of $0.75/candle. a. If demand for Bob's candles is 2500, which option should he pick, and what is the cost? b. If demand for Bob's candles is 4500 which option should he pick, and what is the cost?

A manufacturer of printed circuit boards has a design capacity of 1,000 boards per day. The effective capacity, however, is 693 boards per day. Recently, the production facility has been producing 964 boards per day. Compute the design and effective capacity utilization measures. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 3.5%.) Utilization Effective = enter utilization in percentages rounded to 1 decimal place %,  Utilization Design = enter utilization in percentages rounded to 1 decimal place %

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

Hoosier Manufacturing operates a production shop that is designed to have the lowest unit production cost at an output rate of 100 units per hour. In the month of July, the company operated the production line for a total of 175 hours and produced 16,900 units of output. What was its capacity utilization rate for the month?

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).

The measure of production that considers historical and estimated future production levels and cyclical fluctuations is referred to as: Group of answer choices expected capacity normal capacity theoretical capacity practical capacity

Western Wheels produces industrial-grade wheels for local and international markets. Their factory can produce at most 1800 wheels per week. If the factory wants to achieve an utilization 89%, what should be the output of the factory next week? Please round final answer to nearest integer