Question: The Best Beer Corporation has a beer-processing facility located in Columbus, Ohio. The beer facility has a system efficiency of 85 percent, and the utilization

  1. The Best Beer Corporation has a beer-processing facility located in Columbus, Ohio. The beer facility has a system efficiency of 85 percent, and the utilization is 75 percent. Four sub-facilities are used for processing. The facilities operate seven days a week and two 10-hour continental shifts per day. What is the rated weekly capacity for the facility?

  1. Best has decided to increase its facilities by adding one sub-facility. Doing this, however, will reduce the overall system efficiency to 79 percent. Compute the new rated capacity under this situation.

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