Tuff-Rider, Inc., manufactures touring bikes and mountain bikesin a variety of frame sizes, colors, and componentcombinations. Identical bicycles are produced in lots of 90. Theprojected demand, lot size, and time standards areshown in the following table:
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Item
Touring
Mountain
Demand forecast
5,000
8,000
Lot size
80
90
Standard processing time
0.25
0.25
Standard setup time
2 hours/lot
3 hours/lot
The shop currently works 8 hours a day, 5 daysa week, 48 weeks a year. It operates five workstations,each producing one bicycle in the time shown in the table. The shopmaintains a 15 percent capacity cushion. How many workstations willbe required next year to meet expected demand without usingovertime and without decreasing the firm's currentcapacity cushion?
The number of workstations required next yearis____.(Enter response rounded up to the next whole
number.)
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