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Weight: $7\mathrm{.}5\%$ of the final grade.

Instructions:

$1)$ A school district has forecast student enrollment for several years into the future and predicts excess capacity of $2000$ students. The school board has said that the only alternative is to close a school. Evaluate the school board$$s decision and provide three alternative options to utilize excess capacity.

$2)$ The XYZ Company manufactures a seasonal product. At the present time, the company uses a level labor force as a matter of company policy. The company is afraid that if it lays off workers, it will not be able to rehire them or find qualified replacements. Does this company have an aggregate planning problem? Discuss how they will address the problem using terms and strategies discussed in class.

$3)$ It has been said that aggregate planning is related to personnel planning, budgeting, and market planning. Describe the nature of the relationship among these types of planning.

$4)$ A barbershop has been using a level workforce of barbers five days per week, Tuesday through Saturday. The barbers have considerable idle time on Tuesday through Friday, with certain peak periods during the lunch hours and after $4$ p$.$m$.$ each day. On Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, all the barbers are very busy, with customers waiting a substantial amount of time and some customers being turned away. What options should this barbershop consider for aggregate planning? How would you analyze these options? What data should be collected, and how should the options be compared?