Use the Excel OM Aggregate Planning spreadsheet and the data to prepare your aggregate plan. Produce a graph of your plan. The intent is to use a level strategy $($or level scheduling$)$ with no overtime, no safety stock, and no subcontractors.

Hint $1-$ Consider that it takes $1\mathrm{.}5$ hours to produce a unit when determining your cost per unit for average and overtime pay.

Hint $2-$ To determine regular time production, you need to multiply the units per day produced by the number of production days.

Continue to Step $2$: Update Your Aggregate Plan Using OvertimeThis chart provides the demand for the product and the number of production days per month.

In the plan produced in Step $1,$ the production rate did not meet the total demand. If you were able to use overtime to meet the shortfall, what would your aggregate plan look like?

Use the Excel OM Aggregate Planning spreadsheet and the data to prepare an updated aggregate plan.

Continue to Step $3$: Update Your Aggregate Plan Using Outsourcing

Instead of paying overtime, you might be able to outsource the shortfall in production. Use the Excel OM Aggregate Planning spreadsheet and the data to prepare an updated aggregate plan using outsources instead of paying overtime.