17. Howie’s Handicraft needs your advice on the production schedule for its Halloween product line.

Analyze the information for the three-station four-product line, given next:

302 Chapter 8 Production Activity Control Estimated Weekly Selling Material Process Time Sales, Price, Cost, Workstation*

Product (Units) ($) ($) 1 2 3 Witches 60 35 15 10 10 40 Goblins 50 40 15 10 15 40 Ghosts 40 45 20 10 10 20 Ghouls 30 50 20 15 20 20

*The times for workstations 1, 2, and 3 are in minutes per unit. Capacity at each workstation is 2,400 minutes/week and operating expenses are $2,000/week.

a. What is the bottleneck workstation? What schedule of products at this work station maximized the profit to Howie?

b. What is the total profit from the schedule in part a?