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Question - Par, Inc., is a small manufacturer of golf equipment and supplies. Par’s distributor believes a market
exists for both a medium-priced golf bag, referred to as a standard model, and a high-priced golf bag,
referred to as a deluxe model. The distributor is so confident of the market that, if Par can make the
bags at a competitive price, the distributor will purchase all the bags that Par can manufacture over
the next three months. A careful analysis of the manufacturing requirements resulted in the following
table, which shows the production time requirements for the four required manufacturing operations
and the accounting department’s estimate of the profit contribution per bag:


The director of manufacturing estima ...Read More tes that 630 hours of cutting and dyeing time, 600 hours of
sewing time, 708 hours of finishing time, and 135 hours of inspection and packaging time will be
available for the production of golf bags during the next three months.
a. If the company wants to maximize total profit contribution, how many bags of each model should it
manufacture?
b. W hat profit contribution can Par earn on those production quantities?
c. How many hours of production time will be scheduled for each operation?
d. W hat is the slack time in eachoperation? ...Read Less

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