A book manufacturer produces both hardcover and softcover books. Machines are used to handle the two major components to producing the books: Printing and Building. Currently the manufacturer needs to produce 6000 softcover and 4000 hardcover books in one week. Softcover books earns he company a profit of $6 per book and the hard cover book earns $8.50 per book. Assume the production runs 5 days a week. Resource information is below and questions to answer.
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Time soft cover book
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Time hard cover book
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no. of machines
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Time available per machine
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Printing
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2 minutes
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3.5 minutes
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12
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7.5 hours
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Binding
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3.5 minutes
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5 minutes
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17
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7
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Questions
A.) What is the process capacity per day?
B.) Can they meet their target of 6000 softcover and 4000 hardcover in one week? Explain.
C.) Which source is the bottleneck?
a. Hardcover
b. Binding
c. Printing
d. softcover
D). Based on the current resources, what is the current profit that the company is making in a week?