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ts Manager Chris Channing of Fabric Mills, Inc., has developed the forecast shown in the table for bolts of cloth. The figures are in hundreds of bolts. The department has a regular output capacity of 195(00) bolts per month, except for the seventh month, when capacity will be 210100) bolts. Regular output has a cost of $11 per hundred bolts. Workers can be assigned to other jobs if production is less than regular. The beginning inventory is zero bolts. Month 3 4 6 7 Total Forecast 200 199 210 212 195 1,415 1 2 193 215 a. Develop a chase plan that matches the forecast and compute the total cost of your plan. Overtime is $24 per hundred bolts. Regular production can be less than regular capacity. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "O" wherever required.) Answer is not complete. Period 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 7 Total 200 190 210 193 212 195 215 1.415 195 Forecast Output Regular Overtime Output - Forecast Cost Regular Overtime Total 190 0 0 195 15 0 193 0 0 0 195 17 00 195 0 0 210 63 0 1,373 42 0 2.340 X S 2.340 x 120 $ 2,460 X 2,280 0 2,280 X b. Would the total cost be less with full regular production each period with no overtime, but using a subcontractor to handle the excess above regular capacity at a cost of $26 per hundred bolts? Backlogs are not allowed. The inventory carrying cost is $2 per hundred bolts. (Round your Average inventory values to 1 decimal place. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "o" wherever required.) Answer is not complete. . Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total 200 190 210 193 212 195 215 1,415 Forecast Output Regular Subcontracting Inventory Beginning Ending Average Cost Regular Subcontracting Inventory Total