QUESTION $2$

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QUESTION $3$

$(20$ Marks$)$

The Coca$-$Cola Company operates several manufacturing plants in South Africa, where it produces a wide range of beverages to meet the demands of the local market. At these manufacturing facilities, Coca$-$Cola produces various beverage products, including carbonated soft drinks, juices, bottled water, energy drinks, and sports drinks. These products are manufactured using state$-$of$-$the$-$art production technologies and adhere to stringent quality and safety standards. In one of its plants in Bloemfontein, it needs to make $100,000$ litres of grapetiser per month to meet demand. Each month contains $20$ working days, each of which allows for three $(3)8-$hour shifts. Within a close radius, the organisation operates a Coke Zero processing unit which has $100,000$ labor hours available for the quarter and currently has a labor productivity of $5$ gallons per $4,000$ hours.

Using the provided information determine the following:

$3\mathrm{.}1$ For the grapetiser processing plant, if a worker can produce $10$ litres$/$hour$,$ determine the number of workers needed on each shift. Suppose each shift has $100$ workers, what is the productivity of an individual

worker? Lastly, if material costs are R$10/$litre$,$ capital costs are R$100,000$ and labor costs are R$10/$hour$,$ what is the multifactor productivity of this processing plant?

$3\mathrm{.}2$ For the coke$-$zero processing unit, determine the amount of gallons that the processing plant can make this quarter. If the multi$-$factor productivity was $1$ gallon per R$25000,$ how much should the organisation spend this quarter in manufacturing Coke Zero gallons?

QUESTION $4$

Ezemvelo Muskers purchases small, imported trinkets in bulk, packages them, and sells them to retail stores. The managers are conducting an inventory control study of all their items. The following data for $2023$ is provided for item, which is not seasonal.

April$)$ using trend projection.