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4. Marshall Masks offers a portfolio of personal face masks. Their masks are of two
possible material types, reusable cloth and disposable paper, and of two possible
shapes, pleated and tri-fold. To construct a mask, the material is first cut and then
folded into the desired shape. Once formed, each mask is then sanitized and packaged
for sale. It takes 3 minutes to cut each paper mask and 6 minutes to cut each cloth
mask. Then, it takes 6 minutes to fold a pleated mask and 9 minutes to fold a tri-fold
mask. At the current staffing of Marshall masks, there are 2 workers available to cut
paper masks, 3 workers available to cut cloth masks, 1 worker to fold pleated masks, 1
worker to fold tri-fold masks, and 5 workers to sanitize and package the masks.
Naturally, demand for Marshall Masks remains strong. The company receives 30
orders per hour for paper masks and 20 orders per hour for cloth masks. 80% of the
orders for paper masks are for pleated masks, and 70% of the orders for cloth masks
are for tri-fold masks.
a) (3 points) What is the capacity of each cutting station and each folding station?
Answer: 40 masks per hour
Answer: 30 masks per hour
Answer: 10 masks per hour
Answer: 6.7 masks per hour
b) (2 points) If the implied utilization of the sanitization and packaging station is
100%, how long does it take to sanitize each mask, assuming all types of masks
can be sanitized in the same amount of time?
Answer: 6 mins
c) (4 points) What is the capacity of Marshall Masks as a whole?
Answer: 16.7 masks per hour
d) (9 points) Marshall Masks sells their products for the following prices: $10 for
each pleated paper, $15 for each tri-fold paper masks, $20 for each pleated
cloth, and $25 for each tri-fold cloth. All workers are paid $22 per hour, and
Marshall Masks are considering hiring more workers to keep up with demand.
What is the new maximum hourly profit rate after hiring one more worker? What
is it after hiring two more workers?
Answer: -$19.33 per hour after one, and $225.33 per hour after two
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