Question: Please provide answer! AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently, two production lines are in place for

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AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently, two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows:

Yearly Demand

1 (in 000s)

2 (in 000s)

3 (in 000s)

4 (in 000s)

Plastic 90

32

44

55

56

Plastic 180

20

25

30

25

Plastic 360

45

50

60

62

Bronze 90

10

7

7

8

Bronze 180

6

5

6

9

Bronze 360

10

16

17

20

Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machine needed for the bronze sprinklers require two operators and can produce up to 10,000 sprinklers. The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires four operators and can produce up to 150,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available. What are the capacity requirements for plastics and bronze sprinklers for the next four years?

Please put your answer in the following table.

Plastic

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Demand for plastic sprinklers

Percentage of capacity used

Machine requirements

Labor requirements

Bronze

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Demand for bronze sprinklers

Percentage of capacity used

Machine requirements

Labor requirements

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