AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., would place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzke sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree as follows: like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently two production lines are in nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four years Yearly Demand 1 (IN 000s) 2 (IN 000s) 3 (IN 000s) 4 (IN 000s) Plastic 90 32 46 54 58 Plastic 180 14 15 13 16 Plastic 360 47 54 63 67 Bronze 90 9 8 8 19 Bronze 180 4 4 9 15 Bronze 360 8 12 17 22 Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sp two operators and can produce up to 20,000 sprinklers. The plastic injec requires three operators and can produce up to 320,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding are available. What are the capacity r equirements for the next four years?

AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., has 3 bronze machines and one injection molding. The bronze machine total available capacity is 60,000 / year which is calculated by 20,000 sprinkles * 3 machines.

For molding machine the available capacity for the year is 320,000 sprinkles per year.

The capacity requirement for next four years will be greater for bronze and the company needs to consider buying more machines.