Manufacturing Planning and Control.

3. Given that Company A produces product Y as shown in Table below. Calculate the SOP using (1) Chase strategy with the number of days of supply is equal to 3 days. Calculate: a. End of month inventory target (Jan - June) (2 marks) b. Operation plan [units] (2 marks) c. Number of employees required for each month (2 marks) d. Number of employees hired OR fired in each month (2 marks) (2) Level strategy with the same number of employees retain at each month a. Average number of employees retained in each month (2 marks) b. Ending inventory for each month (2 marks) c.Daysofsupplyforeachmonth(2marks) (3) Compare the total cost between chase strategy and level strategy. Which strategy gives the lowest cost? (2 marks)