Question: part 2 will be posted separate. please show work if possible. thank you!! will upvote! 5 The owner of a small mill-working plant that builds

part 2 will be posted separate. please show work if possible. thank you!! will upvote!
part 2 will be posted separate. please show work
5 The owner of a small mill-working plant that builds cabinets is developing his aggregate plan for the next year. The relevant cost data and forecast for the next 4 quarters is provided below. The company currently has 20 employees and works one 8 hour shift each day with 2 paid 15 minute breaks. Assume each quarter has 62 working days, and that it currently has no units in stock. Use this information and 1 the Information from the table below to answer the questions below. 2 Costs Forecast Other Data Holding Cost/Unit/Quarter $72.50 Qtr 1 2600 Labor Hours/Unit Hiring Cost $7,500.00 Qtr 2 3100 Beginning Inventory 0 Layoff Cost $10,000.00 Qtr 3 4100 Subcontract Cost $180.00 Qtr 4 3650 - Avg. Labor Cost/Hour $22.50 Overtime Labor Cost/Hour $33.75 Part 1 1) if the company used a chase demand startegy and rounded any fractional number of employees to the nearest whole number, how many employees would be used in each quarter? 2) If the company used a level capacity strategy and rounded any fractional number of employees to the nearest whole number, how many employees would be used? Period 1 2 3 4 Forecast 2600 3100 4100 3650 Hours Req Workers Req 86 PART 2 OF THIS PROBLEM IS ON THE PAGE BELOW

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