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National Dog Week is a dog food manufacturing factory. Suppose the theoretical capacity for the factory is 25,000 pounds/month. A consultant was brought in to determine their average monthly resource utilization. After extensive analysis, the effective capacity averages 20,000 pounds/month. Therefore, the average safety capacity of the factory is _______ pounds/month.

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National Dog Week

herefore, the average safety capacity of the factory is __5,000__ pounds/month.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Data and Calculation:

Theoretical capacity for the factory = 25,000

Effective capacity for the factory = 20,000

Safety capacity for the factory = 5,000

b) The safety capacity of National Dog Week describes the factory's capacity that is not being put to use currently but can be called to use when demand requires it. It is the difference between the factory total usable capacity and the effective currently being used capacity.