The Donald Fertilizer Company Produces industrial chemical fertilizers. The projected manufacturing requirements (in gallons) for the next four quarters are 90,000, 90,000, 60,000, and 140,000 respectively. A level workforce is desired, relying only on anticipation inventory as a supply option. Stockouts and backorders are to be aboided, as are overtime and undertime.
a.) Determine the quarterly production rate required to meet total demand for the year, and minimize the anticipation inventory that would be left over at the end of the year. Beginning inventory is 0.
a) The quarterly production rate is ____________ gallons. (Enter as a integer.)
b) Specify the anticipation inventory that will be produced.