Jamison Connelly Has Discovered a Problem Involving the Mix of Lye

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Essay

Jamison Connelly has discovered a problem involving the mix of lye to the dry concrete mix that costs the company $20,500 in waste and $14,000 in lost business per period.There are two alternative solutions.The first is to lease a new mix regulator at a cost of $14,000 per period.The new regulator would save Jamison $14,500 in waste and $9,500 in lost business.The second alternative is to hire an additional employee to manually monitor the existing regulator at a cost of $12,000 per period.This would save Jamison $10,500 in waste and $8,500 in lost business per period.
Required:
Which alternative should Jamison choose?
(Jamison Connelly;Quality versus costs. )

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