CHASE STRATEGY - INV/OT/SUB SOLVE THE FOLLOWING CHASE STRATEGY AGGREGATE PLAN, WITH DISCREPANCY FILLED BY INVENTORY, THEN OVERTIME (OT) THEN SUBCONTRACTING. 20,000 UNITS WORKERS OT LIMIT INV LIMIT 5,000 UNITS/MO 3000 CASES/PERIOD 8 BEGINNING INV BEGINNING WORKERS AVGE. MONTHLY OUTPUT PER WORKER INV. HOLDING COSTS REG. PROD. COST 4,000 $1.80 UNITS/WORKER PER CASE/MONTH PER UNIT $0.45 $1.15 SUBCONTRACTING COST FIRING/LAYOFF COST OT COST HIRING COST $1,500 $1.60 PER CASE PER WORKER PER CASE PER WORKER $1,000 FEB 32,000 MAR 32,000 APR 24,000 MAY 60,000 JUN 44,000 TOTAL 240,000 MONTH JAN FORECAST OUTPUT 48,000 REG diff INV OT SUBCON INVENTORY BEG END COSTS: REG. OUTPUT OT SUBCON INV STARTING # EMPL NEEDED EMPLOYEES HIRE FIRING