Question: Please answer the wrong answers below for each one. Spent hours trying to figure it out. Thanks Baker Manufacturing Company forecasts the following demand for

Please answer the wrong answers below for each one. Spent hours trying to figure it out. Thanks

Please answer the wrong answers below for each

Please answer the wrong answers below for each

Baker Manufacturing Company forecasts the following demand for a product (in thousands of units) over the next five years. Year 1 2 4 5 Forecast Demand 119 130 131 135 134 Currently the manufacturer has six machines that operate on a two-shift (eight hours each) basis. Twenty days per year are available for scheduled maintenance of equipment. Assume there are 250 workdays in a year. Each manufactured good takes 26 minutes to produce. a. What is the effective capacity of the factory? Round your answer down to the nearest whole number and use this answer in subsequent computations. 50954 units/year b. Given the five-year forecast, how much extra capacity is needed each year? Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Year 1 2 3 4 5 Extra capacity needed (units) 2.33 2.55 2.57 2.65 2.63 C. Does the firm need to buy more machines? If so, how many? When? If your answer is zero, enter "0". Round your answers up to the nearest whole number. Year 1 2 3 4 5 Additional machines needed 10 10 10 10 Andrew Manufacturing held an average inventory of $1.4 million (raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods) last year. Its sales were $8.1 million, and its cost of goods sold was $5.3 million. The firm operates 290 days a year. What is the inventory days' supply? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to one decimal place. Inventory days' supply (IDS): 76.60 days What target inventory level is necessary to reach a 30- and 15-day inventory days' supply during the next two years? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar. Target inventory level (30-day): $ 0.548 X Target inventory level (15-day): $ 2.741

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