A Juarez, Mexico, manufacturer of roofing supplies has developed monthly forecasts for a family of products....

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A Juarez, Mexico, manufacturer of roofing supplies has developed monthly forecasts for a family of products. Data for the 6-month period January to June are presented in the table below. There are 8 hours of production per day. a) The firm would like to begin development of an aggregate plan. For this plan, plan 5, the firm wishes to maintain a constant workforce of 6, using subcontracting to meet remaining demand. Evaluate this plan. To determine whether this plan is desirable, first calculate demand per day for each month (enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number). The production rate per day = Table 1 Production Demand Avg Dem Per Prod. Day 1 Month January Days Forecast 22 900 2 February 18 700 3 March 21 800 4 April 21 1,200 5 May 22 1,500 6 June 20 1,100 units. (Enter your response as a whole number.) Other data Inventory carrying cost Subcontracting cost per unit Average pay rate Overtime pay Rate Labor-hours per unit Cost of increasing daily production rate (hiring & training) Cost of decreasing daily production rate (layoffs) $5 per unit $20 per unit $10 per hour ($80 per day) per month $17 per hour (above 8 hrs per day) 1.6 hrs per unit $300 per unit $600 per unit Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) 1 Month January Demand 900 Regular Production Subcontract (Units) 2 February 700 3 March 800 4 April 1,200 5 May 1,500 6 June 1,100 The total regular production cost = $ (Enter your response as a whole number.) The total subcontracting cost = $ (Enter your response as a whole number.) Total cost with plan 5 = $ . (Enter your response as a whole number.) b) Juarez has yet a sixth plan. A constant workforce of 7 is selected, with the remainder of demand filled by subcontracting. Evaluate this plan. The production rate per day = units. (Enter your response as a whole number.) Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) Month 1 January Demand 900 Regular Subcontract Production (Units) 2 February 700 3 March 800 4 April 1,200 5 May 1,500 6 June 1,100 The total regular production cost = $ (Enter your response as a whole number.) The total subcontracting cost = $| (Enter your response as a whole number.) Total cost with plan 6 = $ . (Enter your response as a whole number.) A Juarez, Mexico, manufacturer of roofing supplies has developed monthly forecasts for a family of products. Data for the 6-month period January to June are presented in the table below. There are 8 hours of production per day. a) The firm would like to begin development of an aggregate plan. For this plan, plan 5, the firm wishes to maintain a constant workforce of 6, using subcontracting to meet remaining demand. Evaluate this plan. To determine whether this plan is desirable, first calculate demand per day for each month (enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number). The production rate per day = Table 1 Production Demand Avg Dem Per Prod. Day 1 Month January Days Forecast 22 900 2 February 18 700 3 March 21 800 4 April 21 1,200 5 May 22 1,500 6 June 20 1,100 units. (Enter your response as a whole number.) Other data Inventory carrying cost Subcontracting cost per unit Average pay rate Overtime pay Rate Labor-hours per unit Cost of increasing daily production rate (hiring & training) Cost of decreasing daily production rate (layoffs) $5 per unit $20 per unit $10 per hour ($80 per day) per month $17 per hour (above 8 hrs per day) 1.6 hrs per unit $300 per unit $600 per unit Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) 1 Month January Demand 900 Regular Production Subcontract (Units) 2 February 700 3 March 800 4 April 1,200 5 May 1,500 6 June 1,100 The total regular production cost = $ (Enter your response as a whole number.) The total subcontracting cost = $ (Enter your response as a whole number.) Total cost with plan 5 = $ . (Enter your response as a whole number.) b) Juarez has yet a sixth plan. A constant workforce of 7 is selected, with the remainder of demand filled by subcontracting. Evaluate this plan. The production rate per day = units. (Enter your response as a whole number.) Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) Month 1 January Demand 900 Regular Subcontract Production (Units) 2 February 700 3 March 800 4 April 1,200 5 May 1,500 6 June 1,100 The total regular production cost = $ (Enter your response as a whole number.) The total subcontracting cost = $| (Enter your response as a whole number.) Total cost with plan 6 = $ . (Enter your response as a whole number.)