Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 250,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended and the volume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow: General-Purpose Equipment (GPE) Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) Dedicated Machine (DM) Annual contracted units 250,000 250,000 250,000 Annual fixed cost $125,000 $250,000 $500,000 Per unit variable cost $18.00 $14.00 $13.00 If the contract for the second and third years is pending, for demand below 31,250 units, option ▼ GPE DM FMS is the best alternative for Luis. Part 2 For demand above 250,000 units, option ▼ GPE FMS DM is the best alternative for Luis.

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 20P: Julie James is opening a lemonade stand. She believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand...

See similar textbooks

Part 2

For demand above

250,000

units, option

▼

GPE

FMS

is the best alternative for Luis.

Expert Solution

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

MacDonald Products, Inc., of Clarkson, New York, has the option of (a) proceeding immediately with production of a new top-of-the-line stereo TV that has just completed prototype testing or (b) having the value analysis team complete a study. If Ed Lusk, VP for operations, proceeds with the existing prototype (option a), the firm can expect sales to be 100,000 units at $550 each, with a probability of 0.60 and a 0.40 probability of 75,000 at $550. If, however, he uses the value analysis team (option b), the firm expects sales of 75,000 units at $750, with a probability of 0.70 and a 0.30 probability of 70,000 units at $750. Value engineering, at a cost of $100,000, is only used in option b. Which option has the highest expected monetary value (EMV)? The EMV for option a is $ and the EMV for option b is $ Therefore, option has the highest expected monetary value. (Enter your responses as integers.) a
Lazer Technologies Inc. (LTI) has produced a total of 20 high-power laser systems that could be used to destroy any approaching enemy missiles or aircraft. The 20 units have been produced, funded in part as private research within the research and development arm of LTI, but the bulk of the funding came from a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Testing of the laser units has shown that they are effective defense weapons, and if redesigned to add portability and easier field maintenance, the units could be truck-mounted. The DoD has asked LTI to submit a bid for 100 more units. The 20 units that LTI has built so far cost the following amounts and are listed in the order in which they were produced: Use Exhibit 6.4 and Exhibit 6.5. UNITNUMBER COST($ MILLIONS) UNITNUMBER COST($ MILLIONS) 1 $ 13.0 11 $ 2.2 2 7.5 12 2.1 3 5.8 13 1.9 4 4.5 14 1.9 5 4.0 15 1.7 6 3.5 16 1.7 7 3.1 17 1.5…

Recommended textbooks for you

Practical Management Science

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781337406659

Author:

WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:

Cengage,

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781259667473

Author:

William J Stevenson

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781259666100

Author:

F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Practical Management Science

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781337406659

Author:

WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:

Cengage,

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781259667473

Author:

William J Stevenson

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781259666100

Author:

F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Business in Action

Operations Management

ISBN:

9780135198100

Author:

BOVEE

Publisher:

PEARSON CO

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781285869681

Author:

Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:

Cengage Learning

Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781478623069

Author:

Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen

Publisher:

Waveland Press, Inc.

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS

	General-Purpose Equipment (GPE)	Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)	Dedicated Machine (DM)
Annual contracted units	250,000	250,000	250,000
Annual fixed cost	$125,000	$250,000	$500,000
Per unit variable cost	$18.00	$14.00	$13.00