Knott’s Industries manufactures standard and superpremium backyard swing sets. Currently it has four identi-cal swing-set-making machines, which are operated 250days per year and 8 hours each day. A capacity cushionof 20 percent is desired. The following information is alsoknown:Standard ModelSuper PremiumModelAnnual Demand 20,000 10,000Standard Processing Time 7 min 20 minAverage Lot Size 50 30Standard Setup Time per Lot 30 min 45 mina. Does Knott’s have sufficient capacity to meet annualdemand?b. If Knott’s was able to reduce the setup time for the SuperPremium Model from 45 minutes to 30 minutes, wouldthere be enough current capacity to produce 20,000 unitsof each type of swing set?

Knott’s Industries manufactures standard and superpremium backyard swing sets. Currently it has four identi-cal swing-set-making machines, which are operated 250days per year and 8 hours each day. A capacity cushionof 20 percent is desired. The following information is alsoknown:Standard ModelSuper PremiumModelAnnual Demand 20,000 10,000Standard Processing Time 7 min 20 minAverage Lot Size 50 30Standard Setup Time per Lot 30 min 45 mina. Does Knott’s have sufficient capacity to meet annualdemand?b. If Knott’s was able to reduce the setup time for the SuperPremium Model from 45 minutes to 30 minutes, wouldthere be enough current capacity to produce 20,000 unitsof each type of swing set?

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Knott’s Industries manufactures standard and super premium backyard swing sets. Currently it has four identical swing-set-making machines, which are operated 250 days per year and 8 hours each day. A capacity cushion of 20 percent is desired. The following information is also known: Standard Model Super PremiumModel Annual Demand Standard Processing Time Average Lot Size Standard Setup Time per Lot 20,000 7 min 50 30 min 10,000 20 min 30 45 min a. Does Knott’s have sufficient capacity to meet annual demand?b. If Knott’s was able to reduce the setup time for the Super Premium Model from 45 minutes to 30 minutes, would there be enough current capacity to produce 20,000 units of each type of swing set?
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