Questions:

1. Give an example of a product with highly seasonal demand and discuss how its manufacturer meets the demand.

2. Many companies are using temporary workers to meet their peak demand. Is using temporary instead of permanent workers ethically wrong? Briefly discuss.

3. A company is experiencing unusually high demand in the month of November, and it is capacity-constrained. Discuss the capacity options available to address the issue.

4. To address the high demand, we need to calculate the capacity requirements into time requirements. What is the manufacturing lead time for Batch A? What is the manufacturing lead time for Batch B?

Batch A: Scheduled production = 150 units

Standard time = 20 minutes per unit

Set-up time = 4 hours for the batch

Batch B: Scheduled production = 100 units

Standard time = 8 minutes per unit

Set-up time = 3 hours for the batch