Plainwell Polymers is going to producing the main dashboard structure for a new car design.  The dashboard will be produced in three colors with expected daily demand as follows:   Black: 365 units/day Grey: 110 units/day Tan: 210 units/day The injection-molding machine can produce a total of 1,090 parts per day running 24 hours per day.   It costs Plainwell $1,040 to set up each color for producition and the daily holding cost for each part is $0.49.  What is the length of the lowest cost cyclic schedule (ignoring setup time constraints) in days?

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Plainwell Polymers is going to producing the main dashboard structure for a new car design.  The dashboard will be produced in three colors with expected daily demand as follows:

 

Black: 365 units/day

Grey: 110 units/day

Tan: 210 units/day

The injection-molding machine can produce a total of 1,090 parts per day running 24 hours per day.  

It costs Plainwell $1,040 to set up each color for producition and the daily holding cost for each part is $0.49.  What is the length of the lowest cost cyclic schedule (ignoring setup time constraints) in days?

 
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