Electronics Assembly Inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. Currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. The company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. Setup time between the phones is negligible. Electronics Assembly Inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. Use the information in the table to determine the capacity requirements.
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Cell Phone
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Demand Forecast (phones/year)
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Processing Time (minutes/phone)
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Mars
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15,000
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15
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Saturn
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8,000
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18
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Neptune
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12,000
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16
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