• The main bottling plant at J&R Softdrinks has a capacity of 80,000 litres a day, and works a seven-day week. It fills standard bottles of 750 ml;
• and these are passed to a packing area which can form up to 20,000 cases a day with 12 bottles each. The packing area works a five-day week.
• The cases are taken to warehouses by a transport company whose 8 lorries can each carry 300 cases, and make up to 4 trips a day for 7 days a week.
• There are two main warehouses, each of which can handle up to 30,000 cases a week.
• Local deliveries are made from the warehouses by a fleet of small vans that can handle everything passed to them.
1. What is the capacity of this part of the distribution system?
2. How can J&R increase the capacity?