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

Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Baldwin Company will invest in adding capacity to their Brat product this year. Assume Baldwin's product Brat 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
17,798
8,259
7,281
9,509
8,531
6,840
7,417
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.
Aft Elite 938 0 2/24/2023 1.5 26000 16.6 6.5 $42.00 $14.22 $11.70 40% 0% 2.0 2,414 21%
Agape Thrift 471 5,186 6/21/2023 2.0 23000 9.5 11.3 $26.00 $8.80 $11.70 -49% 0% 2.0 3,030 44%
Abby Core 708 2,816 2/13/2023 1.6 21000 11.9 8.2 $32.00 $10.24 $12.44 2% 0% 3.0 3,200 41%
Adam Nano 789 4 3/29/2023 1.5 23000 13.4 3.7 $40.00 $13.17 $13.17 33% 0% 2.0 2,228 65%
Bid Thrift 2,294 171 4/30/2023 2.7 17000 9.6 10.4 $15.00 $6.69 $1.47 44% 35% 10.0 1,699 134%
Bold Thrift 2,305 165 4/30/2023 2.7 17000 9.8 10.2 $15.00 $6.82 $1.42 43% 21% 10.0 1,899 120%
Brat Core 2,364 283 12/14/2023 1.6 18000 12.3 7.0 $23.00 $9.03 $4.80 39% 88% 8.0 1,250 186%
Bat Core 2,293 288 12/14/2023 1.6 20000 13.0 7.5 $25.00 $9.64 $4.55 42% 50% 8.0 1,500 149%
Cid Thrift 1,536 167 12/20/2022 3.2 14000 9.3 10.7 $15.00 $5.93 $1.24 49% 0% 10.0 1,250 87%
Coat Thrift 1,765 263 12/6/2020 4.1 16000 10.2 9.8 $17.00 $7.14 $1.27 45% 6% 10.0 1,650 105%
Cure Nano 1,660 172 12/21/2023 1.0 18000 14.4 2.6 $28.00 $11.83 $5.89 36% 65% 7.0 1,000 163%
Camp Elite 1,245 192 12/21/2023 1.0 20000 17.8 5.4 $34.00 $12.62 $5.43 46% 25% 7.0 1,000 124%
Cent Core 1,790 188 12/14/2023 1.0 16000 12.2 7.6 $19.00 $8.63 $4.47 31% 73% 8.0 1,100 171%
Clack Core 2,022 37 12/14/2023 1.0 16000 11.9 8.0 $20.00 $8.38 $4.61 36% 100% 8.0 1,040 198%
Dixie Nano 2,288 98 9/13/2023 1.3 23000 15.1 2.4 $34.00 $13.04 $6.63 42% 100% 7.0 1,200 198%
Dot Elite 1,825 0 8/21/2023 1.6 25000 18.2 4.9 $34.00 $13.82 $6.63 40% 100% 7.0 850 198%
Dune Nano 1,702 382 8/13/2023 1.4 23000 15.5 2.1 $37.00 $13.28 $6.20 45% 50% 7.0 1,200 149%
Dart Elite 1,999 225 8/21/2023 1.3 25000 18.0 4.6 $37.00 $13.83 $5.97 45% 32% 7.0 1,400 131%

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