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The potential production alternatives for manufacturing a product along with their unit cost and monthly capacity are given in the Table.

S. No.	Production Alternatives	Unit cost (Rs.)	Capacity / month
1	Regular time production	5	300
2	Overtime production	6	200
3	Subcontracting	10	500

The inventory at the end of July is 100 units. If the demand for the month of August is 620, then the minimum total cost (in Rs.) to meet the demand is

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In a gear manufacturing company, three orders P, Q and R are to be processed on a hobbing machine. The orders were received in the sequence P – Q – R. The Table indicates the process time remaining and production calendar due date for each order.

Order	Process Time Remaining (day)	Due date
P	4	Day 20
Q	16	Day 30
R	6	Day 19

Considering today as the Day 10 in the production calendar of the Hobbing Shop, the sequence of the orders scheduled using the ‘Critical Ratio’ rule is

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P – Q – R

P – R – Q

Q – P – R

Q – R – P

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