design capacity, utilization and efficiency

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Thomas Pang Furniture produced 70,000 Executive chairs per week. The effective capacity is 71,000 chairs. The production line operates 5 days per week with two 6-hour shifts per day. The line was designed to process the Executive chairs at the rate of 1,200 per hour. Determine the design capacity, utilization and efficiency for this plant when producing the Executive chair.

Thomas Pang Furniture now needs to increase production of the Executive chairs. A second production line will be added. Effective capacity on this second line is the same as the first line at 71,000 Executive chairs. The first line is operating at a higher efficiency but output on the second line will be no more than 75% because the crew will be primarily new hires. Determine the expected output of this second line.

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