You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. Your answer will be the production costs needed to execute your production plan - rounded to the nearest whole dollar. (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this chapter.) Use Scenario 3 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Pneum. Cost 42 55.50 38.50 Pneum. Prod Hrs 0.3 0.4 0.25 Pneum. Test Hrs 0.3 0.3 0.4 Pneum. Pkg Hrs 0.1 0.1 0.1 Pneum. Sales 21,000 24,500 18,000 Cordless Cost 67 69.75 44 Cordless Prod Hrs 0.3 0.3 0.4 Cordless Test Hrs 0.4 0.5 0.4 Cordless Pkg Hrs 0.1 0.1 0.2 Cordless Sales 15,000 12,000 14,000 Prod Hrs max 11,000 14,000 14,000 Testing Hrs max 15,000 15,000 15,000 Pkg Hrs max 4,800| 4,800 4,800

You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. Your answer will be the production costs needed to execute your production plan - rounded to the nearest whole dollar. (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this chapter.) Use Scenario 3 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Pneum. Cost 42 55.50 38.50 Pneum. Prod Hrs 0.3 0.4 0.25 Pneum. Test Hrs 0.3 0.3 0.4 Pneum. Pkg Hrs 0.1 0.1 0.1 Pneum. Sales 21,000 24,500 18,000 Cordless Cost 67 69.75 44 Cordless Prod Hrs 0.3 0.3 0.4 Cordless Test Hrs 0.4 0.5 0.4 Cordless Pkg Hrs 0.1 0.1 0.2 Cordless Sales 15,000 12,000 14,000 Prod Hrs max 11,000 14,000 14,000 Testing Hrs max 15,000 15,000 15,000 Pkg Hrs max 4,800| 4,800 4,800

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Chapter2: The Purchasing Process

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