The Pacific Chemical Company Produces High Quality Paint in Oregon

question 59

Essay

The Pacific Chemical Company produces high quality paint in Oregon for sale throughout the western U.S. The company ships paint in gallon containers. The production manager has developed the following master production schedule (MPS) for the next six months data is in thousands of gallons):
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Month } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\\hline \text { Paint } & 130 & 150 & 170 & 160 & 160 & 120 \\\hline\end{array}$$
The company's monthly labor and machine capacity available in hours) and its production standards in hours per gallon) are:
$\begin{array}{lcc}& \underline{\text {abor}}& \underline{\text { Machine }}\\\text { Capacity available } &15,000 & 23,000 \\\text { Prnduction Standard } &.09&.12\end{array}$


a. What is the percent utilization of the labor capacity in week 4?
b. What is the percent utilization of the machine capacity in week 2?
c. In how many weeks are the machine requirements over capacity?

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