Firebird Bicycle Company, a fictional company, produces three brands of bicycles: Racing, Mountain, and Cruiser bicycles. The master schedule in the following table shows the demand requirements for the month of March for the three brands of bicycles. The standard labor hours per unit required for each brand in the two key work centers of welding and assembly are also given in the second table:

Assuming an 8-hour work day and 20 working days in the month of March, how many workers would be needed in each work center to meet the master schedule requirements? If there is a capacity overload or underload in any of the work centers, what are some approaches you would take to level capacity?

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Master Schedule Requirements Demand Requirements Brand Racing bicycles Mountain bicycles Cruiser bicycles 100 150 200 Standard Labor Hours per Unit in Each Work Center Brand Welding Assembly 1.7 Racing bicycles Mountain bicycles Cruiser bicycles 0.6 1.0 1.9 0.5 1.3 은 영