Question: Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Baldwin Company will invest in adding capacity to their Bell product this year. Assume Baldwin's product Bell

Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Baldwin Company will invest in adding capacity to their Bell product this year. Assume Baldwin's product Bell invests in increasing its capacity by 10% this year. Because of this new information, your company anticipates all other products in the Core segment will increase their capacity by the same amount. How much can the industry produce in the Core segment the next year? Consider only products primarily in the Core segment last year. Ignore current inventories. Figures in thousands (000).
Select: 1
8,628
4,694
12,857
8,456
7,698
7,478
9,606

Production Information
Name Primary Segment Units Sold Unit Inven tory Revision Date Age Dec.31 MTBF Pfmn Coord Size Coord Price Material Cost Labor Cost Contr. Marg. 2nd Shift & Over- time Auto mation Next Round Capacity Next Round Plant Utiliz.
Ark Elite 1,518 0 7/19/2022 1.5 24000 14.5 8.5 $34.99 $11.68 $5.12 52% 94% 7.5 832 193%
Able Thrift 1,814 922 3/17/2023 4.4 20000 6.0 13.6 $16.99 $6.01 $1.47 52% 99% 10.0 1,218 198%
Acre Core 1,810 0 7/19/2022 1.5 21000 10.0 9.6 $23.99 $8.93 $4.15 45% 53% 8.0 1,214 152%
Awe Nano 1,697 4 7/30/2022 1.4 22000 11.9 5.6 $32.99 $11.23 $5.88 48% 100% 7.0 859 198%
Buzz Thrift 1,765 193 6/10/2022 2.6 17000 8.3 11.8 $15.00 $6.69 $1.37 45% 17% 10.0 1,500 116%
Brat Thrift 1,789 172 6/10/2022 2.6 17000 8.5 11.6 $15.00 $6.82 $1.30 44% 3% 10.0 1,700 102%
Bell Core 2,080 265 12/14/2022 1.6 18000 11.0 8.4 $23.00 $9.03 $4.67 40% 83% 8.0 1,150 181%
Bead Core 2,018 298 12/14/2022 1.6 20000 11.7 8.9 $25.00 $9.64 $4.42 43% 46% 8.0 1,400 145%
Cute Thrift 1,199 98 12/20/2021 3.2 14000 8.0 12.1 $15.00 $5.93 $1.24 50% 0% 10.0 1,250 83%
Crimp Thrift 1,436 325 12/7/2019 4.1 16000 8.9 11.2 $17.00 $7.14 $1.24 44% 0% 10.0 1,500 99%
Cake Nano 1,473 221 12/21/2022 1.0 18000 13.1 4.0 $28.00 $11.83 $5.84 36% 61% 7.0 900 160%
Cedar Elite 1,070 272 12/21/2022 1.0 20000 16.5 6.8 $34.00 $12.62 $5.28 45% 17% 7.0 900 116%
Cid Core 1,564 182 12/14/2022 1.0 16000 10.9 9.0 $19.00 $8.63 $4.43 31% 68% 8.0 1,040 167%
Coat Core 1,754 78 12/14/2022 1.0 16000 10.6 9.4 $20.00 $8.38 $4.49 36% 78% 8.0 1,040 176%
Dug Nano 2,041 237 9/13/2022 1.3 23000 13.8 3.8 $34.00 $13.04 $6.63 42% 100% 7.0 1,150 198%
Drat Elite 1,749 47 8/21/2022 1.6 25000 16.9 6.3 $34.00 $13.82 $6.63 40% 100% 7.0 800 198%
Daze Nano 1,515 379 8/13/2022 1.4 23000 14.2 3.5 $37.00 $13.28 $5.94 45% 30% 7.0 1,150 129%
Dell Elite 1,692 426 8/21/2022 1.3 25000 16.7 6.0 $37.00 $13.83 $5.89 44% 27% 7.0 1,300 126%

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