Problem 13.7 Question Help Consuelo Chur, Inc. is a disk drive manufacturer in need of an aggregate plan for July through December. The company has gathered the following data. There are 8 hours of production per day Costs Other Data Holding cost $8/disk drive/Month Current workforce (June) 8 people Subcontracting 580/disk drive Labor-hours/disk drive 4 hours Regular-time labor $12/hour Workdays/month 20 days Overtime labor $18/hour (above 8 hours) Boginning Inventory 150 disk drives Hiring cost $40/worker Ending Inventory O disk drives Layoff cost $80/worker "Note that there is no holding cost for June What will each of the two following strategies cost? a) Vary the workforce so that production approximates demand. Chua had eight workers on board in June (Enter all responses as whole numbers) Fill in the table below (Enter all responses as whole numbers in the hirolayoff column, use positive numbers for hires-plus signs omitted, negative number for layoffs Fill in the table below (Enter all responses as whole numbers in the hire/layoff column, use positive numbers for hires-plus signs omitted, negative numbers for layoffs Demand Units Produced Hire Layoff Month 0 June 1 July 2 August 3 September 4 October 5 November 6 December 400 500 550 700 800 700 Plan A Beginning Personnel on Inventory Staff 150 8 150 6 0 13 0 14 0 17 240 520 560 680 800 720 20 18 *No costs are incurred for unmet demand "When computing "Personnel on Staff," 10.5 or more of an employee is needed round up and hire one more employee, if less than 0.5, round down