OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN: DECISIONS & CASES (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9780077835439
Author: Roger G Schroeder, M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, Susan Meyer Goldstein
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 2P
The Ace Steel Mill estimates the demand for steel in millions of tons per year as follows:
| Millions of Tons | Probability |
| 10 | .10 |
| 12 | .25 |
| 14 | .30 |
| 16 | .20 |
| 18 | .15 |
- a. If capacity is set at 18 million tons, how much of a capacity cushion is there?
- b. What is the probability of idle capacity, and what is the average utilization of the plant at 18 million tons of capacity?
- c. If it costs $8 million per million tons of lost business and S8o million to build a million tons of capacity, how much capacity should be built to minimize total costs?
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