Parries Confectionery Company is considering the introduction of a new toffee. It requires processes: A, B, C, and D in sequence. The equipment required for each process is available in the company now and is dedicated to the production of another type of candy. Although some capacity is available on all the equipment types, management is not sure whether they need to four available: (a) The four pieces of equipment-one for each type-are available 50% of the time.
(b) The company operates one shift per day