Dalton Beverages manufactures its own juice bottles. The bottles are made from polyethylene
terephthalate (PET), a lightweight yet strong plastic. Dalton uses as much PET recycled resin
pellets in its bottles as it can, both because using recycled PET helps Dalton to meet its
sustainability goals and because recycled PET is less expensive than virgin PET.
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Dalton's management is analyzing whether the change to the bottle molds to reduce PET
plastic usage should be made. Management expects the following number of juice bottles
to be used in the upcoming year:
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Read the requirements.
Data table
Requirem
the year in
Start by p
Number of juice bottles to be produced
Quarter 1
3,100,000
Quarter 2
2,300,000
Quarter 3 Quarter 4
2,600,000 2,900,000
Units to b
Multiply b
Quantity
Plus:
Total quar
For the upcoming year, management expects the beginning inventory of PET to be 148,800 kilograms, while
ending inventory is expected to be 139,740 kilograms. During the first three quarters of the year, management
wants to keep the ending inventory of PET at the end of each quarter equal to 30% of the following quarter's
PET needs.
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