Question: Please be advised the is one full question. Please answer all fill in the blanks and boxes below. Attached is the Diagram spreadsheet provided, it

Please be advised the is one full question. Please answer all fill in the blanks and boxes below. Attached is the Diagram spreadsheet provided, it can be seen by enlarging picture in a new tab. (Best I can do Chegg does not support file attachments)

Consider the situation faced by Golden Beverages, a producer of two major products Old Fashioned and Foamy Delite root beers. Golden Beverages operates as a continuous flow factory and must plan future production for a demand forecast that fluctuates quite a bit over the year, with seasonal peaks in the summer and winter holiday season. How should Golden Beverages plan its overall production for the next 12 months in the face of such fluctuating demand if the level demand strategy is applied? The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below.

1. What is the average monthly demand? Round your answer to two decimal places.

_____ barrels

2. What is the maximum monthly ending inventory? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

____ barrels

3. What are the costs associated with level demand production plan? Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

______ associated costs

Please be advised the is one full question.

Production Inventory Lost Sales Overtime Undertime Rate Change
Month Cost Cost Cost Cost Cost Cost
Totals $ $ $ $ $ $

4. What is the total cost? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

$_________

Aggregate Planning: Level Production Strategy Production cost ($/unit) Inventory holding cost ($/unit) Lost sales cost ($/unit) Overtime cost ($/unit) Undertime cost ($/unit) Rate change cost ($/unit) Normal production rate (units) Ending inventory (previous Dec.) $71.00 $1.20 $81.00 $6.60 $2.70 $4.701 2.300 1,000 Formulas Cumulative Cumulative Product Demand Production Availability Ending Inventory Lost Sales Ending Inventory Lost Sales Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Average Demand 1,800 1,300 2,300 3,000 3,100 3,400 3,500 3,400 2,500 1,300 2,300 2,700 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Average Demand 1,800 1,300 2,300 3,000 3,100 3.400 3,500 3,400 2,500 1,300 2.300 2,700 Cumulative Demand #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Cumulative Product Production Availability #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Maximum #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 0.00 Maximum #N/A Production Cost Lost Sales Inventory Cost Overtime Undertime Rate Change Cost Cost Cost Cost Rate Change Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals Production Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Inventory Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Lost Sales Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Overtime Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Undertime Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Total cost Total cost #N/A

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