The Production Planner for a Private Label Soft Drink Maker

question 67

Multiple Choice

The production planner for a private label soft drink maker is planning the production of two soft drinks: root beer (R) and sassafras soda (S) . Two resources are constrained: production time (T) , of which she has at most 12 hours per day; and carbonated water (W) , of which she can get at most 1,500 gallons per day. A case of root beer requires 2 minutes of time and 5 gallons of water to produce, while a case of sassafras soda requires 3 minutes of time and 5 gallons of water. Profits for the root beer are $6.00 per case, and profits for the sassafras soda are $4.00 per case. For the production combination of 180 root beer and 0 sassafras soda, which resource is slack (not fully used) ?

• A)production time (only)
• B)carbonated water (only)
• C)both production time and carbonated water
• D)neither production time nor carbonated water
• E)cannot be determined exactly

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Definitions:

System Testing

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