Question: Use the following information to do the aggregate planning. Use a STABLE workforce for this model Hint: Remember to make the variable workers as integer.

Use the following information to do the aggregate planning. Use a STABLE workforce for this model Hint: Remember to make the variable workers as integer. Yellow cell should be solved using SOLVER
\table[[,,,,,,,,,,],[Workers available on day 1,17,workers,,Workers,,,,,,],[Production,8.5,units/worker/day,,,,,,,,],[Hiring cost per worker,$425,worker,,,,,,,,],[Holding Cost,$5,units/month,,,,,,,,],[Wages,$1,200,worker/monthly,,,,,,,,],[Lay off cost per worker,$850,,,,,,,,,],[Backorder cost,$25,units/month,,,,,,,,],[Initial inventory,100,units,,,,,,,,],[,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December,],[Work Days within the month,21,22,21,23,20,20,21,22,15,],[Demand,1500,1600,1800,2000,1800,1500,1200,1100,1000,],[Workers needed (=$G$4),0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[Workers available on 1st day of month,,,,,,,,,,],[Workers hired,,,,,,,,,,],[Hiring cost,,,,,,,,,,],[Workers fired,,,,,,,,,,],[Lay off cost,,,,,,,,,,],[Number of workers (at end of month),,,,,,,,,,],[Cost to pay the workforce,,,,,,,,,,],[Units produced,,,,,,,,,,],[Net stock (implied at end of month),,,,,,,,,,],[Holding cost,,,,,,,,,,],[Backorder cost,,,,,,,,,,],[Total Cost,,,,,,,,,,],[,,,,,,,,,,],[,,,,,,,,,,],[,,,,,,,,,,],[you have opposite things like "workers hired",rkers fire,use the IF function,,,,,,,,]]
 Use the following information to do the aggregate planning. Use a

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