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Schneider Logistics Company has built a new warehouse in Columbus, Ohio, to facilitate the consoli-
dation of freight shipments to customers in the region. George Schneider must determine how many
teams of dock workers he should hire to handle the cross-docking operations and the other warehouse
activities. Each team costs $5,000 a week in wages and overhead. Extra capacity can be subcontracted at
a cost of $8,000 a team per week. Each team, whether in-house or subcontracted, can satisfy 200 labor
hours of work a week. The labor hour requirements for the new facility are uncertain. Management has
estimated the following probabilities for the requirements:

How many teams should Schneider hire?

Requirements (hours/wk)
200
400
600
Number of teams
2
3
Probability
0.20
0.50
0.30
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