MANAGEMENT 5360 AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., would like to determine

AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows:

YEARLY DEMAND

1 (IN 000s)

2 (IN 000s)

3 (IN 000s)

4 (IN 000s)

Plastic 90

33

42

54

51

Plastic 180

14

15

18

17

Plastic 360

51

54

61

68

Bronze 90

6

6

5

14

Bronze 180

4

4

6

12

Bronze 360

10

12

14

17

Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers require four operators and can produce up to 15,000 sprinklers. The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires five operators and can produce up to 240,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available.

What are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (Assume that there is no learning.) (Enter the demand values in thousands. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Plastic

Demand for plastic sprinklers

Percentage of capacity used

%

%

%

%

Machine requirements

Labor requirements

Bronze

Demand for bronze sprinklers

Percentage of capacity used

%

%

%

%

Machine requirements

Labor requirements