LuxSo designs and manufactures wooden chairs and has an annual demand of 5,000 chairs.There is a lack of skilled workers in the industry; there are 46,000 labour hours and 3,000 designers' hours available for next year. A recent flood has also led to a shortage of raw materials withwood supply limited to 25,000 metres.Standard usage per chairWood4 metresLabour9 hoursDesigner's time0.5 hoursLuxSo is planning its production for next year and the production manager believes that implementing the theory of constraints would help in identifying the optimum production level.Using the theory of constraints, which of the following is the constraint at LuxSo?Wood supplyDesigners' hoursAnnual demandLabour hours

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