Reference no: EM132543215
Flash Electronics Company produces a variety of electronic equipment. One of the plants produces two laser printers: the deluxe and the regular.The demand for the printers is 1,000 units of the deluxe and 2,000 units of the regular. The deluxe printer is priced at $900 and the regular printer is priced at $750. The materials cost is $530 for the deluxe printer and $410 for the regular printer. In addition, the company has the following information for the fourmanufacturing processes (setups, machining, engineering, and packing) showing the amount of time (in minutes) required for each printer for each process,and the total minutes of time available for each process.
TimeRequired/unit TimeRequired/unit Time
Name Deluxe Regular Available
Setups 30 20 80,000
Machining 90 60 220,000
Engineering 120 80 250,000
Packing 30 40 120,000
Required:
Question 1. Which process(es), if any, are constraints for the current level of demand?
Question 2. Given any constraints identified in part (1) above, determine the best production and sales plan for the two types of tables.: (1) Identify the constraint (2) Identify the Most Profitable Product
(3)Identify the Most Profitable Product Mix