Question: have send the data set can u solve the question with the dat a set have send to you, the solution can not be that

have send the data set can u solve the question with the dat
a set have send to you, the solution can not be that simple there are a lot of constraints and we need to satisfy the forecast and safety stocks
according to given data i need you to applt mixed strategy(i have applied level and chase strategies andi need to find out which strategy gives the minimum toral cost) the forecasted sales should be satisfied and safety stocks need to be satisfied too
 have send the data set can u solve the question with
the data set have send to you, the solution can not be
that simple there are a lot of constraints and we need to

Table 1. Sales quantities of three product families for 2019, 2020, 2021 (units). \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline MONTH & \begin{tabular}{l} Electric \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Classical \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Acoustic \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Electric \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Classical \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Acoustic \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Electric \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Classical \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Acoustic \\ Guitar \end{tabular} \\ \hline January & 1397 & 1065 & 1049 & 1675 & 1342 & 1175 & 2005 & 1382 & 1457 \\ \hline February & 1138 & 1170 & 1278 & 1392 & 1457 & 1410 & 1710 & 1501 & 1701 \\ \hline March & 765 & 1280 & 1534 & 985 & 1578 & 1674 & 1287 & 1626 & 1976 \\ \hline April & 584 & 1244 & 1497 & 788 & 1539 & 1636 & 1083 & 1585 & 1960 \\ \hline May & 1627 & 1180 & 1392 & 1926 & 1468 & 1629 & 2265 & 1513 & 1929 \\ \hline June & 590 & 1038 & 1261 & 795 & 1312 & 1528 & 1090 & 1352 & 1790 \\ \hline July & 838 & 1153 & 1305 & 1065 & 1439 & 1438 & 1371 & 1482 & 1770 \\ \hline August & 592 & 1161 & 1352 & 797 & 1448 & 1554 & 1092 & 1491 & 1851 \\ \hline Septembe & 1531 & 1204 & 1396 & 1821 & 1494 & 1525 & 2156 & 1539 & 1821 \\ \hline October & 842 & 1262 & 1504 & 1069 & 1558 & 1778 & 1375 & 1605 & 2083 \\ \hline Novembei & 1191 & 708 & 1244 & 1450 & 949 & 1376 & 1770 & 977 & 1564 \\ \hline December & 796 & 687 & 1167 & 1019 & 926 & 1296 & 1323 & 954 & 1616 \\ \hline Avgs & 991 & 1096 & 1332 & 1232 & 1376 & 1502 & 1544 & 1417 & 1793 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Table 2. Production days and desired safety stock \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|} \hline MONTH & \begin{tabular}{c} Productio \\ n days \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Safety \\ stock for \\ Electric \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Safety \\ stock for \\ Classical \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Safety \\ stock for \\ Acoustic \\ Guitar \end{tabular} \\ \hline January & 21 & 132 & 197 & 47 \\ \hline February & 20 & 151 & 201 & 92 \\ \hline March & 22 & 259 & 301 & 218 \\ \hline April & 21 & 248 & 329 & 221 \\ \hline May & 22 & 321 & 314 & 292 \\ \hline June & 21 & 157 & 206 & 96 \\ \hline July & 23 & 151 & 164 & 72 \\ \hline August & 24 & 148 & 210 & 88 \\ \hline Septembe & 23 & 181 & 189 & 89 \\ \hline \begin{tabular}{l} October \\ November \end{tabular} & 21 & 128 & 171 & 76 \\ \hline December & 24 & 134 & 202 & 85 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Table 3. Production costs and capacities for each product family. \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline & Electric Guitar & \begin{tabular}{c} Classical \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Acoustic \\ Guitar \end{tabular} & Units \\ \hline Inventory holding cost & 6 & 7 & 9 & $ /unit*month \\ \hline Inventory stockout cost & 100 & 100 & 100 & \$/unit*month \\ \hline Regular work cost & 15 & 12 & 10 & \$/unit \\ \hline Overtime cost & 25 & 34 & 39 & $/ unit \\ \hline Subcontracting cost & 100 & 178 & 180 & \$/unit \\ \hline Regular work capacity & 139 & 112 & 112 & unit/day \\ \hline Overtime capacity & 112 & 139 & 112 & unit/day \\ \hline Subcontracting capacity & 334 & 334 & 390 & unit/day \\ \hline Labor hiring cost & 1000 & 1000 & 800 & $/labor \\ \hline Labor layoff cost & 1600 & 1600 & 1300 & $/labor \\ \hline Beginning inventory & 210 & 255 & 301 & unit \\ \hline Labor productivity & 12 & 17 & 12 & unit/day \\ \hline \end{tabular}

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