The fictitious Cool Air Inc. assembles three models (A, B, and C) of air conditioners. The production

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The fictitious Cool Air Inc. assembles three models (A, B, and C) of air conditioners. The production manager at Cool Air plant wants to implement uniform production and mixed-model scheduling. The company has demand forecasts for 500 units of model A, 350 for model B, and 200 units for model C next month. The plant operates 25 days per month and has the capacity to produce 150 air conditioners per day.

1. If a mixed-model production schedule is used, what assembly sequence would the production manager use?

2. How many times per day would the assembly sequence be repeated?

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Operations Management Managing Global Supply Chains

ISBN: 978-1506302935

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Authors: Ray R. Venkataraman, Jeffrey K. Pinto

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