Question

1. Little Brownie Bakers, the Girl Scout Cookie Baker, must deliver 300,000 boxes of cookies per month. The shop produces batches of cookies requiring a setup time of 45 minutes

for each production batch. Average standard time for each cookie in a batch is 10 seconds, and there is an average of 600 cookies in a batch. Each box has 22 cookies per box. The bakery workforce for the pressing department consists of two workers per press, two supervisors,and one clerical support staff. There are 8 hours worked per day and an average of 21 days per month at one shift per day. a. Determine how many cookie presses are needed to satisfy production requirements for the month. There are 8 hours worked per day and an average of21 days per month at one shift per day. b. Determine the number of workers for the presses, the number of supervisors and the number of clerical support staff that would be needed.

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