(Appendix) Albright Stationers produces commercial calendars in a two- department operation: Department 1 is labor intensive and Department 2 is automated. The average output of Department 1 is 45 units per hour. The units are then transferred to Department 2 where they are finished by a robot. The robot can finish a maximum of 45 units per. hour. Albright Stationers needs to complete 180 units this afternoon for an order that has been backlogged for 4 months. The production manager has informed the people in Department 1 that they are to work on nothing else except this order from 1 P.M. until 5 P.M. The supervisor in Department 2 has scheduled the same times for the robot to work on the order. Department l’s activity for each hour of the afternoon follows:

Assume that each unit moves directly from Department 1 to Department 2 with no lag time. Did Albright Stationers complete the 180 units by 5:00 P.M.? If not, explain and provide detailed computations.

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Time Production 1:00-2:00 44 units 2:00-3:00 40 units 3:00-4:00 49 units 4:00-4:58 47 units