Question

A company manufactures a product using machine cells. Each cell has a design capacity of 250 units per day and an effective capacity of 230 units per day. At present, actual output averages 200 units per cell, but the manager estimates that productivity improvements soon will increase output to 220 units per day. Annual demand is currently 50,000 units. It is forecasted that within two years, annual demand will triple. How many cells will the company require to satisfy predicted demand under these conditions

Answer 1

1.90

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation for how many cells that the company require to satisfy predicted demand

Using this formula

Numbers of cell=Projected annual demand/Annual capacity per cell

Based on the information given we were told that Annual demand is 50,000 units in which it is forecasted that within 2 years it will tripple which means that Annual demand will be calculated as:

Projected annual demand = 50,000*2 years

Projected annual demand=100,000

Let plug in the formula

Numbers of cell=100,000÷(220 units/day × 238 days/year)

Numbers of cell=100,000÷52,360

Numbers of cell=1.90

Therefore the amount of cells that the company require to satisfy predicted demand will be 1.90