The request
“Create a production possibility curve for a bakery that can make up to 160 loaves of bread or 80 trays of pastries each morning, with a Saturday plan of 100 loaves and 35 pastry trays and an idle-time point of 70 loaves and 20 trays.”
Then tryAdd a point for 130 loaves and 18 pastry trays.Change the bread maximum to 180 loaves.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
01Set oven capacity
Limit output by available bake time.
02Choose product mix
Reserve slots for both products.
03Measure slack
Identify unused oven capacity.
Use when two product lines share a constrained resource.
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FAQ
Common questions
What constrains this bakery PPC?
Morning oven time, staff and preparation space constrain the two outputs.
Can the bakery produce beyond the frontier?
Not with its current capacity; it would need more resources or productivity.
Why are different mixes possible?
The bakery can allocate its shared capacity between bread and pastries.