Baldwin Corporation Produces Two Types of Wagon Frames,(Frame X and Frame

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Essay

Baldwin Corporation produces two types of wagon frames,(Frame X and Frame Y).Frame X passes through four processes: cutting,welding,polishing,and painting.Frame Y uses three of the same processes: cutting,welding,and painting.Each of the four processes employs 40 workers who work 8 hours each day.Frame X sells for $80 per unit,and Frame Y sells for $110 per unit.Materials is the only unit-level variable expense.The materials cost for Frame X is $40 per unit,and the materials cost for Frame Y is $50 per unit.Baldwin's accounting system has provided the following additional information about its operations and products:
Baldwin's management has determined that any production interruptions can be corrected within two days.
a.Assuming that Baldwin can meet daily market demand,compute the potential daily profit.Now compute the minutes needed for each process to meet the daily market demand.Can Baldwin meet daily market demand? If not,where is the bottleneck? Can you derive an optimal mix without using a graphical solution? If so,explain how.
b.Explain how a drum-buffer-rope system would work for Baldwin.

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