A company manufactures bar code scanners on a produce-to-order basis. The company manufactures three models...

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A company manufactures bar code scanners on a produce-to-order basis. The company manufactures three models of scanners on the same assembly line. The final assembly has 20,000 hours of weekly capacity. The 6 weeks MPS and the final assembly standard for each model are:

Weekly production (Scanners)

Product

Final assembly standard (hours per scanner)

1

2

3

4

5

6

A

25

200

150

200

250

150

250

B

30

100

200

350

250

150

250

C

35

150

150

150

200

200

250

a) Does enough production capacity exist to produce the MPS?

b) Propose the changes in the MPS that you would recommend and implement the changes.

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