A machine shop has just received a rush order for 3,000 repair kits that will be needed to satisfy a recall notice for a major appliance manufacturer. The order must be shipped to the customer at normal close of business 35 calendar days from tomorrow meaning that no overtime is available for this ship out day. Today is Tuesday. The order is in addition to the machine shops normal workload, so the existing labor force of 12 machinists will have to work overtime. The existing labor force will be paid time-and-a-half for overtime and they are limited to a maximum of 4 overtime hr/day and 8 hr on Saturdays (there are five Saturdays before the order must be shipped). The repair kits consist of two machined parts with standard times of 8.60 min and 14.8 min. The two parts are then packaged (standard time = 1.20 min) using packing materials supplied by the appliance maker.

1. How many hours of overtime would be required?
2. How many total hours of overtime are available on regular non weekend workdays if overtime is mandatory and overtime cannot begin until tomorrow?
3. Under the assumption that the absentee rate for mandatory overtime on regular weekdays will be 20% (many do not desire overtime on Fridays), how many weekend overtime hours will be required from current workers to meet the rush order?