Business Finance Homework Help

A standard work year is 2,000 hours at ACME and it takes about an hour and a half (90 minutes) to fill a customer order. Last year saw 15,000 customer orders at the mill and the manager has a new X-Truck in mind as a company car, so he hopes that there is an increase of 15% in customer orders for next year.

• If the manager hires 14 workers, what is the capacity cushion? Need references with APA format.
• Reading: Operations Management In The Supply Chain: Decisions And Cases
  • Chapter 11: Capacity Planning
  • Chapter 12: Scheduling Operations