At the same time,

it is important to respond to demands quickly, since a customer who wants a sensor is very likely

to get one from a competitor if the company doesn$$t have one available immediately. Atkinson$$s

current policy to produce the sensors is to produce $100$ per week, which is the average demand.

Even this is a problem, as the production manager has pointed out, since the equipment is also

used for other products and the lot size of $300$ would be much more efficient. He said he is

currently set up for the sensor production for the next week and states he has capacity available

to produce $300$ at a time next week.

The following lists the forecasts and actual customer orders for the next $12$ weeks