You manage the production process in the high-tech facility of Dale Computers Inc. The facility produces two products (X&Y) -see Product Makeup & Annual Demand table for details. The facility consists of three different assembly lines -see Assembly Capability & Capacity Table for details.

The production process begins with the procurement of raw materials from suppliers. Next, the raw materials are processed into six independent subassemblies, A-F, in separate work areas within the facility. Each product is then assembled on one of the assembly lines (see Subassembly & Post Assembly Capacity Table for sub-assembly details). Following assembly, each product is finished, customized (painted and other options added), packaged, and shipped. Current trends indicate that 20% of product X and 50% of product Y are customized.

Product Makeup & Annual Demand Table

Product	Subassemblies for one unit of product	Annual Unit Sales
X	A= 2, B=1, C=1, E=1	52,000
Y	B=1, C=1, D=2, E=2, F=1	52,000

Assembly Capability Table

Assembly Line	Capability	Capacity (Units / Week)
1	Either Product	1200
2	Product X	500
3	Product Y	600

Subassembly & Post Assembly Capacity Table

Subassembly	Capacity (Units/Week)
A	2450
B	2280
C	2400
D	2450
E	3500
F	1200
Finishing	2500
Customizing	820
Packaging	3000

Question #1	(record letter & answer below)
Key business issue / why? =
Question #2
Product	Product X	Product Y	Total		If you cannot enter as %, enter as a ##.#
Demand					XX.X%
Resource	Product X	Product Y	Weekly Demand	Capacity	Utilization
Assembly Lines					0.0%
Subassembly A
Subassembly B
Subassembly C
Subassembly D
Subassembly E
Subassembly F
Finishing
Customizing
Packaging
Question #3
Product	Product X	Product Y	Weekly Demand
Demand					XX.X%
Resource	Product X	Product Y	Weekly Demand	Capacity	Utilization	Bottleneck #
Assembly Lines
Subassembly A
Subassembly B
Subassembly C
Subassembly D
Subassembly E
Subassembly F
Finishing
Customizing
Packaging
Question #4
Product	Product X	Product Y	Weekly Demand
Demand					XX.X%
Resource	Product X	Product Y	Weekly Demand	Capacity	Utilization	Bottleneck #
Assembly Lines
Subassembly A
Subassembly B
Subassembly C
Subassembly D
Subassembly E
Subassembly F
Finishing
Customizing
Packaging
Maximum System Throughput					Total Weekly Units
If you could only invest in capacity for one resource, which one would it be and why? =