Arthur Meiners is the production manager of Wheel-Rite, a small producer of metal parts. Wheel-Rite supplies Cal-Tex, a
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Arthur Meiners is the production manager of Wheel-Rite, a small producer of metal parts. Wheel-Rite supplies Cal-Tex, a
Arthur Meiners is the production manager of Wheel-Rite, a small producer of metal parts. Wheel-Rite supplies Cal-Tex, a larger assembly company, with 10,200 wheel bearings each year. This order has been stable for some time. Setup cost for Wheel-Rite is $42, and holding cost is $0.40 per wheel bearing per year. Wheel-Rite can produce 530 wheel bearings per day. Cal-Tex is a just-in-time manufacturer and requires that 46 bearings be shipped to it each business day. units (round your response to the nearest whole a) What is the optimum production quantity? number). units b) What is the maximum number of wheel bearings that will be in inventory at Wheel-Rite? (round your response to the nearest whole number). runs (round c) How many production runs of wheel bearings will Wheel-Rite have in a year? your response to two decimal places). d) What is the total setup plus holding cost for Wheel-Rite? $ decimal places) (round your response to two
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