The extracted text from the second page reads:$---**$Lorex Pharmaceuticals$**-$ Carter Blakely, manager of quality assurance for Lorex Pharmaceuticals, was pleased with the progress in producing the companys new product, Linatol. $-$ Linatol, developed and patented by Lorex years ago, was intended for treating high blood pressure. After eight years of product testing, including clinical trials, the FDA approved Linatol only a week ago. $-$ The manufacturing division prepared the production line over the past week, and one$-$shift production was scheduled to start on Monday. $-$ The marketing division decided that the initial offering of Linatol would be in sealed $10-$ounce bottles, packaged in cases of $12,$ with a wholesale price set at $$186$ per case. $-$ Blakely's remaining task was to set a target amount for filling the $10-$ounce bottles.$---**$The Manufacturing of Linatol:$**-$ Linatol was blended in $5,000-$liter batches with a confidential process. It was bottled on a semiautomatic filling line that included an automatic filling mechanism for liquids, a capping and sealing component, and an electronic sensor to measure the liquid volume in each bottle. $-$ When properly filled, the bottles were conveyed to a packaging machine, which loaded and sealed cartons of $12$ bottles each. $-$ The chosen line for Linatol could fill and package $1,000$ bottles per hour. However, due to delays and setup requirements, the expected production rate was $500$ cases per eight$-$hour shift. $-$ This slower production rate was acceptable because Linatol was produced in relatively low volumes, and the slower line was not needed for any other product.$-$ The entire line was operated by two employees who earned $$12\mathrm{.}80$ per hour, including fringe benefits. Every product incurred an overhead burden to cover the expense of maintaining an antiseptic filling room.$---$Let me know if you'd like further analysis or assistance with these documents!The extracted text from the first page reads:$---**$Page $2$:$**-$ Overhead was charged at a rate of $$89\mathrm{.}50$ per hour. The cost of materials used by the filling line $($bottles$,$ caps, seals, labels, and packaging$)$ was estimated to be $$1\mathrm{.}10$ per bottle.$-$ Bottles not filled to the $10-$ounce requirement were identified by an electronic eye and directed for special handling. A team of filling$-$room attendants labeled underfilled bottles as seconds and hand$-$packaged them for sale to secondary markets $($such as government hospitals$)$ at $80\%$ of the normal price of $$186$ per case. $-$ Each attendant could label and package about $12$ cases per hour and earned $$8\mathrm{.}50$ per hour, including fringe benefits.$-$ The initial production of Linatol was scheduled for one $40-$hour$-$per$-$week shift, with batch blending scheduled accordingly.$---**$The Filling$-$Line Test:$**-$ Prior to production, the filling line was tested with an inexpensive liquid and then the product itself. Once perfected, samples from $144$ bottles of Linatol were measured. $-$ The filling mechanism was set to fill bottles to $10\mathrm{.}2$ fluid ounces. $-$ The consistency of the amounts in the $144$ test bottles demonstrated that the fill mechanism could be set to any target.$---**$Setting the Fill Target:$**-$ Carter Blakely had to determine the fill target. The $10\mathrm{.}2-$ounce target was arbitrary with no economic justification. $-$ A rule used was to set the target one standard deviation above the required amount. $-$ However, this rule, though statistically justified, often ignored economic considerations, leading to buffer storage areas for underfilled bottles becoming clogged and temporarily halting production.$---$I will now extract the text from the second image.