a) Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the forecast) as necessary (enter your responses as whole numbers). Hiring and Layoff Plan Hire (Units) Layoff (Units) Quarter Forecast Production 1,600 1 1,400 1400 0 200 2 1,000 1000 0 400 3 1,700 1700 700 0 4 1,200 1200 0 500 The total cost, including normal time labor costs, for this hiring and layoffs plan is $296000 (enter your response as a whole number). b) Try a plan that holds employment steady (level strategy) by producing the average forecast for all four quarters (enter your responses as whole numbers). Level Plan Quarter Forecast Production Ending Shortage Hire Layoff Inventory (Units) (Units) (Units) 1,600 0 1 1,400 1325 0 75 275 2 1,000 1325 250 0 0 3 1,700 1325 0 125 0 0 4 1,200 1325 0 0 0 0 The total cost, including normal time labor costs, for this level plan is $ (enter your response as a whole number). o o 0 0 Deb Bishop Health and Beauty Products has developed a new shampoo and you need to develop its aggregate schedule. The cost accounting department has supplied you the cost relevant to the a - X Click the icon to view the four-qu Click the icon to view the costs re More Info Your job is to develop an aggregate pl a) Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the f Costs 1,600 units 0 units $45 per unit $11 per unit for every unit held at the end of the quarter $40 per unit $75 per unit $35 per unit $20 extra per unit Not available The total cost, including normal time l ber). b) Try a plan that holds employment s Done onses as whole numbers). Inventory (Units) (Units) (Units) 0 Previous quarter's output Beginning inventory Stockout cost for backorders Inventory holding cost Hiring workers Layoff workers Unit cost Overtime Subcontracting Quarter TUIGCAST Print TODDOLION 1,600