Blossom, Inc., is a small company that manufactures three versions of patio tables. Unit information for its products follows:

		Table A		Table B		Table C
Sales price		$	46	$	50	$	64
Direct materials			8		9		10
Direct labor			2		4		8
Variable manufacturing overhead			3		3		3
Fixed manufacturing overhead			5		5		5
Required number of labor hours			0.5		0.5		1
Required number of machine hours			4.0		2.50		2.0

Blossom has determined that it can sell a limited number of each table in the upcoming year. Expected demand for each model follows:

Table A	50,000	units
Table B	30,000	units
Table C	20,000	units

1.	Suppose that direct labor hours has been identified as the bottleneck resource. Determine how Blossom should prioritize production by rank ordering the products from 1 to 3.
	Table A rank: Table B rank: Table C rank:

2.

If Blossom has only 45,000 direct labor hours available, calculate the number of units of each table that Blossom should produce to maximize its profit. (Enter the products in the sequence of their preferences; the product with first preference should be entered first.)

Product A _____ units produced

Product B _____ units produced

Product C _____ units produced

3.

Suppose that the number of machine hours has been identified as the most constrained resource. Determine how Blossom should prioritize production by rank ordering the products from 1 to 3.

Table A rank: Table B rank: Table C rank: 4. If Blossom has only 238,000 machine hours available, calculate the number of units of each table that Blossom should produce to maximize its profit. (Enter the products in the sequence of their preferences; the product with first preference should be entered first.) Product A: ______ unites produced Product B: ______ units produced Product C: ______ units produced