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Tuff-Rider, Inc., manufactures touring bikes and mountain bikes in a variety of frame sizes, colors, and...
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|
Item |
Touring |
Mountain |
|
Demand forecast |
5 comma 0005,000 |
10 comma 00010,000 |
| units/year | units/year | |
|
Lot size |
120120 |
110110 |
| units | units | |
|
Standard processing time |
0.250.25 |
0.250.25 |
| hour/unit | hour/unit | |
|
Standard setup time |
2 hours/lot |
3 hours/lot |
The shop currently works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. It operates five workstations, each producing one bicycle in the time shown in the table. The shop maintains a 15 percent capacity cushion. How many workstations will be required next year to meet expected demand without using overtime and without decreasing the firm's current capacity cushion?
The number of workstations required next year is___.
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