Question: Sally's Bumpershoot Concern uses the Transportation ( i . e . Tableau, in French oooh laah laah ) method for production planning purposes. Sally's costs

Sally's Bumpershoot Concern uses the Transportation (i.e. "Tableau", in French oooh laah laah) method for production planning purposes.
Sally's costs of production are:
Regular production costs $2/unit
overtime production costs $4/unit
Subcontracted production costs $10/unit
Backordering costs $4/unit/quarter
Invetory costs $3/unit/quarter
Sally's capacity constraints are:
Regular production capacity: 2000 units/qtr
Overtime production capacity: 1000 units/qtr
Subcontracted production capacity: 3000 units/qtr
The beginning inventory is 500 units.
Quarterly demands are
Q1-4500
Q2-5000
Q3-2000
Go ahead and solve for the optimal production plan. How many units used during Q1 are produced after Q1?[That is, how many units sold in Q1 are Backordered?]

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