Let There Be Light Lamp Shade Company
Let There Be Light Lamp Shade Company
1. How many style A shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
The area of an intermodal container (8x8.5x40) is: 2,720 cubic feet. Each box of style A is 12 x 12x 12 inches, converted in feet is 1x1x1 feet. However, the top 6 inches (0.5 feet) has no use, so the calculation is= 8x8x40= 2,560. The intermodal container will hold 2,560 style A lamp shades (it would weigh less than 44,000 pounds)
2. How many style B shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
Style B is shipped nested in packages of six with a dimension of 12x12x48 inches, converted to feet is 1x1x4 feet. The top 6 inches has no use, so the calculation is= 8x8x10= 640 packages. The intermodal container will hold 640 packages with 6 lamp shades in each package, which makes 3840 style B shades per intermodal container (it would weigh less than 44,000 pounds)
3. How many style C shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
Style C is shipped nested in packages of 10 with a dimension of 12x12x50 inches, converted to feet is 1x1x4.2 feet. The top 2.2 ft has no use, so the calculation is= 8x8x9= 576 packages. The intermodal container will hold 576 packages with 10 lamp shades in each package, which makes 5760 style B lamp shades per intermodal container but the weigh per package is 101 pounds (576*101= 58176) which exceeds the max weight of 44,000 pounds. The maximum package of Style C that an intermodal container should carry is 435 packages of 10 style C shades (4350 Style C shades).
4. What are the total costs of delivering the style A shades to the port of importation?
The total cost of delivering style A shades is $ 31, 366.80, the explanation of how this number is calculated is shown in the following charts:
Style A Cost (unit) # lights #Intermodal
Containers Total Cost
Shades $ 4.00 5,400.00 $ 21,600.00
Package $ 0.60 5,400.00 $ 3,240.00
To Oakland $ 1,000.00 3 $
1. How many style A shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
The area of an intermodal container (8x8.5x40) is: 2,720 cubic feet. Each box of style A is 12 x 12x 12 inches, converted in feet is 1x1x1 feet. However, the top 6 inches (0.5 feet) has no use, so the calculation is= 8x8x40= 2,560. The intermodal container will hold 2,560 style A lamp shades (it would weigh less than 44,000 pounds)
2. How many style B shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
Style B is shipped nested in packages of six with a dimension of 12x12x48 inches, converted to feet is 1x1x4 feet. The top 6 inches has no use, so the calculation is= 8x8x10= 640 packages. The intermodal container will hold 640 packages with 6 lamp shades in each package, which makes 3840 style B shades per intermodal container (it would weigh less than 44,000 pounds)
3. How many style C shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
Style C is shipped nested in packages of 10 with a dimension of 12x12x50 inches, converted to feet is 1x1x4.2 feet. The top 2.2 ft has no use, so the calculation is= 8x8x9= 576 packages. The intermodal container will hold 576 packages with 10 lamp shades in each package, which makes 5760 style B lamp shades per intermodal container but the weigh per package is 101 pounds (576*101= 58176) which exceeds the max weight of 44,000 pounds. The maximum package of Style C that an intermodal container should carry is 435 packages of 10 style C shades (4350 Style C shades).
4. What are the total costs of delivering the style A shades to the port of importation?
The total cost of delivering style A shades is $ 31, 366.80, the explanation of how this number is calculated is shown in the following charts:
Style A Cost (unit) # lights #Intermodal
Containers Total Cost
Shades $ 4.00 5,400.00 $ 21,600.00
Package $ 0.60 5,400.00 $ 3,240.00
To Oakland $ 1,000.00 3 $