You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. Your answer will be the production hours needed to execute a production plan that minimizes costs - rounded to the nearest whole hour. (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this chapter.) Use Scenario 2 Pneum. Cost Pneum. Prod Hrs Pneum. Test Hrs Pneum. Pkg Hrs Pneum. Sales Cordless Cost Cordless Prod Hrs Cordless Test Hrs Cordless Pkg Hrs Cordless Sales Prod Hrs max Testing Hrs max Pkg Hrs max Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 52 0.2 0.3 0.1 22,000 67 0.3 0.4 0.1 15,500 10,000 15,000 4,800 55.50 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 38.50 15,500 20,000 18,000 4,200 0.25 0.4 24,500 18,000 69.75 0.3 0.5 0.1 44 0.4 0.4 0.2 14,000 20,000 18,000 5,000

You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. Your answer will be the production hours needed to execute a production plan that minimizes costs - rounded to the nearest whole hour. (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this chapter.) Use Scenario 2 Pneum. Cost Pneum. Prod Hrs Pneum. Test Hrs Pneum. Pkg Hrs Pneum. Sales Cordless Cost Cordless Prod Hrs Cordless Test Hrs Cordless Pkg Hrs Cordless Sales Prod Hrs max Testing Hrs max Pkg Hrs max Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 52 0.2 0.3 0.1 22,000 67 0.3 0.4 0.1 15,500 10,000 15,000 4,800 55.50 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 38.50 15,500 20,000 18,000 4,200 0.25 0.4 24,500 18,000 69.75 0.3 0.5 0.1 44 0.4 0.4 0.2 14,000 20,000 18,000 5,000

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Chapter2: The Purchasing Process

Section: Chapter Questions

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