Table 5.2 High Tech, Inc. Is Producing Two Types of Products: a Products

Multiple Choice

Table 5.2
High Tech, Inc. is producing two types of products: A and B. Both are produced at the same sawing operation. Because of demand uncertainties, the operations manager obtained three demand forecasts (pessimistic, expected, and optimistic) . The demand forecasts, batch sizes (units/batch) , processing times (hr/unit) , and setup times (hr/batch) follow.


The sawing machines operate on two 8-hour shifts, 5 days per week, and 50 weeks per year. The manager wants to maintain a 10 percent capacity cushion.
-Using the information from Table 5.2, what is the minimum total number of hours required of sawing equipment for the next year?

A) less than 85,000 hours
B) more than 85,000 but less than 95,000
C) more than 95,000 but less than 105,000
D) more than 105,000 hours