\\( \\underline{\\text { Station 2b-Silk Screening }} \\) The white aprons are silkscreened because they do not hold the hot stamp very well. The aprons are stacked as they come down the drying belt and placed onto another cart. Once the aprons are screened, they are also stored until the sewing contractors come to pick them up (see Station 3). While hot stamping only requires one worker, silk screening uses two workers - a screener and a puller to stack the aprons. Together they can process 150 aprons each hour. Ink cost for the silk screening is approximately \\( \\$ 0.05 / \\) apron. Station 3-Contract Sewing Once hot stamping or silk screening is completed, the aprons are stored and wait for sewing contractors to pick them up. Six different contract sewing operations are used (their pickup dates are staggered). Three of the contractors are large enough to produce approximately 10,000 per month (each) of the V-Mart style aprons while the remaining three contractors are capable of approxi