The Wiethoff Company Has a Contract to Produce 10,000 Garden

question 44

Essay

The Wiethoff Company has a contract to produce 10,000 garden hoses for a customer. Wiethoff has four different machines that can produce this kind of hose. Because these machines are from different manufacturers and use differing technologies, their specifications are not the same and not all four machines have to be used to produce all of the garden hoses. $\begin{array}{cccc}&\text { Fixed Cost }\\&to~ Setup&Variable ~Cost\\\text { Machine } & \text { Production Run } & \text { per Hose } & \text { Capacity } \\\hline 1 & 750 & 1.25 & 6000 \\2 & 500 & 1.50 & 7500 \\3 & 1000 & 1.00 & 4000 \\4 & 300 & 2.00 & 5000\end{array}$
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Definitions:

Work Pattern

The regular manner in which work is organized, scheduled, and performed within an organization or job.

Job

A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, typically as part of one's occupation or profession.

Job Enlargement

A method of job design that increases the number of activities in a job to overcome the boredom of overspecialized work.

Integration

The act of combining or coordinating separate elements so they work together effectively.