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Arthur Meiners is the production manager of Wheel-Rite, a small producer of metal parts. Wheel-Rite supplies...
Arthur Meiners is the production manager of Wheel-Rite, a small producer of metal parts. Wheel-Rite supplies Cal-Tex, a larger assembly company, with
9 comma 7009,700
wheel bearings each year. This order has been stable for some time. Setup cost for Wheel-Rite is
$4141,
and holding cost is
$0.800.80
per wheel bearing per year. Wheel-Rite can produce
470470
wheel bearings per day. Cal-Tex is a just-in-time manufacturer and requires that
4949
bearings be shipped to it each business day.
a) What is the optimum production quantity?
nothing
units (round your response to the nearest whole number).
b) What is the maximum number of wheel bearings that will be in inventory at Wheel-Rite?
nothing
units (round your response to the nearest whole number).
c) How many production runs of wheel bearings will Wheel-Rite have in a year?
nothing
runs (round your response to two decimal places).
d) What is the total setup plus holding cost for Wheel-Rite?
$nothing
(round your response to two decimal places).
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