Bespoke Furniture Mart assembles office chairs in a variety of colors, frame sizes, and models. These can

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Bespoke Furniture Mart assembles office chairs in a variety of colors, frame sizes, and models. These can be broadly categorized as work chairs and meeting chairs. Identical chairs are produced in lots of 50. The projected demand, lot size, and time standards are shown in the following table.Item Projected demand Lot size Standard assembly time Standard set up time Work Chair 7,000 units/year 50 30

The company operates 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 220 days a year. It currently has 6 work workstations, each capable of assembling both types of chairs. How many workstations will be required if the company wants to maintain a capacity cushion of 15 percent?

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Operations Management Processes And Supply Chains

ISBN: 9781292409863

13th Global Edition

Authors: Lee Krajewski, Naresh Malhotra, Larry Ritzman

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