Plan$$ A: Vary the workforce level to execute a strategy that produces the quantity demanded in the prior month. The December demand and rate of production are both

$1$ comma $6001,600$

units per month. The cost of hiring additional workers is

$$$$5050$

per unit. The cost of laying off workers is

$$$$8080$

per unit. Evaluate this plan.

$($Enter

all responses as whole

numbers$.)$

$$Note: Both hiring and layoff costs are incurred in the month of the change. For$$ example, going from

$1$ comma $6001,600$

in January to

$1$ comma $5001,500$

in February incurs a cost of layoff for

$100100$

units in February.

Part $2$

$$

Period

Month

Demand

Production

Hire

$($Units$)$

Layoff

$($Units$)$

Ending Inventory

Stockouts

$($Units$)$

$0$

December

$1$ comma $6001,600$

$1$ comma $6001,600$

$200200$

$1$

January

$1$ comma $5001,500$

$1$ comma $6001,600$

enter your response here

enter your response here

$300300$

$75007500$

$2$

February

$1$ comma $5001,500$

$1$ comma $5001,500$

enter your response here

enter your response here

$300300$

$75007500$

$3$

March

$1$ comma $6001,600$

$1$ comma $5001,500$

enter your response here

enter your response here

$200200$

$50005000$

$4$

April

$1$ comma $7001,700$

$1$ comma $6001,600$

enter your response here

enter your response here

$100100$

$25002500$

$5$

May

$2$ comma $2002,200$

$1$ comma $7001,700$

enter your response here

enter your response here

left parenthesis $400$ right parenthesis$(400)$

left parenthesis $10,000$ right parenthesis$(10,000)$

$6$

June

$2$ comma $1002,100$

$2$ comma $2002,200$

enter your response here

enter your response here

left parenthesis $300$ right parenthesis$(300)$

left parenthesis $7500$ right parenthesis$(7500)$

$7$

July

$1$ comma $7001,700$

$2$ comma $1002,100$

enter your response here

enter your response here

$100100$

$25002500$

$8$

August

$1$ comma $7001,700$

$1$ comma $7001,700$

enter your response here

enter your response here

$100100$

$25002500$

Part $3$