Question: Cost data Regular time labor cost per hour $10.00 Overtime labor cost per hour $15.00 Hiring cost per employee $100.00 Firing cost per employee $200.00

Cost data

Regular time labor cost per hour $10.00

Overtime labor cost per hour $15.00

Hiring cost per employee $100.00

Firing cost per employee $200.00

Inventory holding cost per unit per period $20.00

Shortage cost per unit per period $30.00

Material cost per unit N/A

Capacity data

Beginning workforce (employees) 165

Beginning inventory (units) 0

Labor standard per unit (hours) 5

Regular time hours available per period per employee 160

Overtime hours available per period per employee 32

Demand data

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

March

April

6000

5000

6600

5000

6000

5000

  1. Use the data above and do a chase strategy using hiring and firing (5 steps) (6 points)

(Note: if the calculation for the employees needed for a certain period is not a whole number, round it up to be a whole number, no matter if the first digit is equal to, greater than, or less than 5)

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