Reference no: EM132070702

Always Rain Irrigation (ARI) was recently developed a third sprinkler type, stainless steel. Management has forecasted demand as outlined below: Yearly Demand Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Plastic 90 30000 40000 60000 61000 Plastic 180 15000 16000 17000 18000 Plastic 360 40000 45000 58000 63000 Bronze 90 7000 8000 10000 11000 Bronze 180 2000 4000 6000 8000 Bronze 360 12000 13000 16000 17000 SS 90 4000 5000 7000 9000 SS 180 1000 2000 2500 3000 SS 360 5000 6000 8000 10000 Both bronze machines can produce 12000 sprinklers and requires 2 operators. The plastic machine requires 4 operators and can make 1400,000 sprinklers. The SS machine requires 3 operators and can make 15,000 sprinklers. Does ARI have a possible production problem based on the projected sales? If so, when and on what lines do the problems occur.