I need answer question number 3 please

Mary passes out the following information to all of the QUESTIONS attendees: 1. Develop a level production plan for Covolo Diving Gear. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this plan? Could Covolo implement a pure chase plan, given the current capacity? Why? If sales continue to grow, what are the implications for production capacity at Covolo? 2. Patricia Rodriguez, vice president of marksting, states, "I've got to tell you all that I'm pretty comfortable with the forecasts for September through November, but after that, a lot could change. It's just very hard to forecast for four or more months out in this kind of market. "How will a monthly SerOP update with rolling planning horizons help alleviate Patricia's concerns? Are there still advantages to $8OOP, even though the forecasts inay change? 3. After looking over the level production plan, David Griffin, vice president of manufacturing, speaks ups" "This looks OK, but you know what bugs me about it? The assumption that if a worker is available, that worker het Manufacturing cost per gauge set: $74.50 to be making gauge sets, even if we don't need aay more. Holding cost: $8 per gauge set per month It might make sense in some cases to just have the worker Average labor hours required per gauge sett Hot produce, rather than laying a worker off in one 0.25 hours month and hiring someone else back the next." Do you Lahor hours available per empleyee per month: 160 agree? What are the holding costs associated with having Plant capacity: 35,000 gauge sets pet month _ an extra worker produce gauge sets for one month? How Cost to hire and train a new employer: 51250 do these compare to the layoff and hiring costs? How : Cost to lay off an employee: 5500 might a strategy of kecping extra workers idle affect the beginning and ending workforce is 50 estimated manufacturing costs for the gauge sets? (Hint: Heginning inventory is 10.000 Labor costs have to be accounted for sovewhiere.) COVOLO DIVING GEAR, PART 2 so w're soing to start by planning for this Scptember lune 15, 2009, It has been rwo weeks 'ince their wov. tentious semiannual planning mecting, and the senior staff heting dewlop a sales formast for these 12 monthr, and I'w members for Cowolo Diving Gear are geting ready to start __aso had Devid from mamifacturing estimate manufacthe ball rolling: the plint. Mary from HR was also good enough to come up with some etimates of how much it cess to hire and train new workers, as well as the cost of liying off follk Finally, I know it's bect a busy two woks for all of you, and I Jack from purdhasing was able to get the acoviating folls to appreciate you working extra time to get rouly for this ctimate the cost of holding a sugge set in imentory for a mecting. Production is alrewly set for the next two months, month So let's see what wrive got