Question: Jon Wayne is in the dessert making business. He produces two special "dessert boxes": (1) Cherry Pop and (2) Chocolate Lover. His operating expenses total $2,000 per week. Jon is supported by three staff members, who are each responsible for different parts of the dessert box production process.
Bobo is responsible for ingredient mixing;
Samuel is in charge of decorating the desserts; and
Nancy is the hardest worker of the three. She packages the desserts with great care.
The working capacities of these three workers are as follows:
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Activity (Person Assigned)
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Estimated minutes per week
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Mixing (Bobo)
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2,400
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Decorating (Samuel)
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2,400
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Packaging (Nancy)
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2,400
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Other relevant information for the two products appear below:
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Cherry Pop
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Chocolate Lover
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Price per box
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$14.00
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$12.00
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Direct materials
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$2.00
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$1.50
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Demand per week
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500 boxes
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400 boxes
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Required time required in each activity per box [in minutes} is presented below:
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Cherry Pop
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Chocolate Lover
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Mixing
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2
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2
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Decorating
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2
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3
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Packaging
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4
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3
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Required: Identify the binding constraint of Jon Wayne's business. Show all working.