Question: Plainwell Polymers is going to producing the main dashboard structure for a new car design. The dashboard will be produced in three colors with expected

Plainwell Polymers is going to producing the main dashboard structure for a new car
design. The dashboard will be produced in three colors with expected daily demand
as follows:
Black: 370 units/day
Grey: 165 units/day
Tan: 185 units/day
The injection-molding machine can produce a total of 975 parts per day running 24
hours per day.
It costs Plainwell $1,050 to set up each color for producition and the daily holding
cost for each part is $0.18. What is the length of the lowest cost cyclic schedule
(ignoring setup time constraints) in days?
 Plainwell Polymers is going to producing the main dashboard structure for

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