Bespoke Furniture Mart assembles office chairs in a variety of colors, frame sizes, and models. These can be broadly categorized as work chairs and meeting chairs. Identical chairs are produced in lots of 50. The projected demand, lot size, and time standards are shown in the following table.

The company operates 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 220 days a year. It currently has 6 work workstations, each capable of assembling both types of chairs. How many workstations will be required if the company wants to maintain a capacity cushion of 15 percent?

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Item Projected demand Lot size Standard assembly time Standard set up time Work Chair 7,000 units/year 50 30 mins/unit 3 hours/lot Meeting Chair 14,000 units/year 50 15 mins/unit 1.5 hours/lot