Q. A chemical industry produces sodium bisulphate in 100-pound bags. Demand for this product is 20 tons per day. Capacity for producing product is 50 tons per day. Setup costs $100 and storage and handling costs are $5 per ton a year. Industry operates 200 days a year. (Note: 1 ton = 2,000 pounds).
a. Explain how many bags per run are optimal?
b. Illustrate what would average inventory be for this lot size?
c. Determine approximate length of a production run, in days
d. About explain how many runs per year would re be?
e. Explain how much could business save annually if setup cost could be reduced to $25 per run?