Sarter Corporation is in the process of preparing its annual budget. The following beginning and ending inventory levels are planned for the year.

Beginning Inventory Ending Inventory
Finished goods (units) 25,000 75,000
Raw material (grams) 55,000 45,000
Each unit of finished goods requires 3 grams of raw material.

If the company plans to sell 600,000 units during the year, the number of units it would have to manufacture during the year would be:

Assume that (i) setups need to be completed first; (ii) a setup can only start once the batch has arrived at the resource, and (iii) all flow units of a batch need to be processed at a resource before any of the units of the batch can be moved to the next resource. process step 1 molding 2 painting 3 dressing setup time 15 min. 30 min. no setup processing time 0.25 min./unit 0.15 min./unit 0.30 min./unit which batch size would minimize inventory without decreasing the process capacity?