A company that manufactures roofing materials for houses has the following demand forecasts for the next 4

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A company that manufactures roofing materials for houses has the following demand forecasts for the next 4 weeks.

Week 2 Material Forecast (in tons) 70 50 80 60


The company€™s available capacities for labor and machines and their production work standards are also given as follows:

Labor Machine Production Work Standard (in hours per ton) 6. 4 Weekly Available Capacity (in hours) 450 300


1. What is the capacity utilization for each resource for each of the next 4 weeks?

2. Do you anticipate capacity-related problems in any of the 4 weeks? What are your recommendations to address the problems?

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Operations Management Managing Global Supply Chains

ISBN: 978-1506302935

1st edition

Authors: Ray R. Venkataraman, Jeffrey K. Pinto

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