Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Chester Company will invest in adding capacity to their Cid product this year. Assume Chester's product Cid invests in increasing its capacity by 10% this year. Because of this new information, your company anticipates all other products in the Core segment will increase their capacity by the same amount. How much can the industry produce in the Core segment the next year? Consider only products primarily in the Core segment last year. Ignore current inventories. Figures in thousands (000).

-12,716 -7,378 -4,033 -8,356 -4,580 -9,556 -8,578

Production Information Unit Primary Units Inven Age Pfmn Size Name Segment Sold tory Revision Date Dec.31 MTBF Coord Coord Price 2nd Auto Shift & mation Capacity Material Labor Contr. Over Next Next Cost Cost Marg. time Round Round Plant Utiliz. Abby Alan Apple Ate Thrift Core Nano Elite 1,581 1,782 1,089 1,188 102 0 0 0 5/14/2023 6/21/2023 6/24/2023 3/30/2023 1.9 16000 1.6 20000 1.5 23000 1.7 23000 8.7 11.8 13.5 15.5 11.3 $17.50 $5.90 $8.29 8.3 $24.30 $9.01 $8.85 3.7 $35.50 $12.00 $8.30 7.0 $36.50 $11.54 $8.53 18% 50% 26% 100% 42% 51% 44% 68% 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 1,130 149% 1,050 198% 728 150% 714 166% Bat Beetle Bill Boat Nano Elite Nano Elite 2,152 1,896 1,592 1,831 125 41 564 601 9/13/2023 8/21/2023 8/13/2023 8/21/2023 1.3 23000 1.6 25000 1.4 23000 1.3 25000 14.9 18.0 15.3 17.8 2.7 $34.00 $13.04 $6.63 5.2 $34.00 $13.82 $6.63 2.4 $37.00 $13.28 $6.02 4.9 $37.00 $13.83 $5.97 42% 100% 40% 100% 44% 36% 43% 32% 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 1,150 198% 850 198% 1,250 135% 1,400 131% Camp Cent Cid Cone Thrift Thrift Core Core 1,876 1,899 2,131 2,067 376 367 216 286 6/10/2023 6/10/2023 12/14/2023 12/14/2023 2.6 17000 2.6 17000 1.6 18000 1.6 20000 9.4 9.6 12.1 12.8 10.7 $15.00 10.5 $15.00 7.3 $23.00 7.8 $25.00 $6.69 $1.45 $6.82 $1.37 $9.03 $4.42 $9.64 $4.17 43% 42% 40% 43% 43% 19% 50% 24% 10.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 1,400 141% 1,550 118% 1,200 149% 1,450 123% Dart Deft Dim Don Drum Daft Thrift Thrift Nano Elite Core Core 1,276 1,508 1,548 1,157 1,606 1,804 241 371 469 368 141 77 12/20/2022 12/6/2020 12/21/2023 12/21/2023 12/14/2023 12/14/2023 3.2 14000 4.1 16000 1.0 18000 1.0 20000 1.0 16000 1.0 16000 9.1 10.0 14.2 17.6 12.0 11.7 11.0 $15.00 $5.93 $1.25 10.1 $17.00 $7.14 $1.25 2.9 $28.00 $11.83 $5.92 5.7 $34.00 $12.62 $5.32 7.9 $19.00 $8.63 $4.48 8.3 $20.00 $8.38 $4.57 47% 41% 34% 44% 31% 36% 0% 0% 62% 15% 68% 83% 10.0 10.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 1,250 48% 1,500 89% 1,050 160% 1,000 114% 1,040 167% 1,040 181%