Production plan set$-$up

Item: rye bread

Manufacturing strategy: make$-$to$-$stock

Planning strategy: level production

Planning horizon: five weeks.

Opening inventory: $10$ loaves

Ending inventory: $5$ loaves

Cost of carrying inventory: $$\mathrm{.}25/$loaf$/$week

Expected demand: Week $1$: $9$ loaves; Week $2$: $10$ loaves; Week $3$: $11$ loaves; Week $4$: $10$ loaves; Week $5$: $15$ loaves.

Answers:

Production plan shown graphically

$\backslash$table$[[$Period$,0,1,2,3,4,5,$Total$],[$Demand$,\frac{n}{a},9,10,11,10,15,],[$Production$,\frac{n}{a},,,,,,],[$Inventory$,10,,,,,5,\frac{n}{a}$