Helter Industries, a company that produces a line of womens bathing suits, hires temporaries to help produce
Question:
Helter Industries, a company that produces a line of women’s bathing suits, hires temporaries to help produce its summer product demand. For the current four-month rolling schedule, there are three temps on staff and 12 full-time employees. The temps can be hired when needed and can be used as needed, whereas the full-time employees must be paid whether they are needed or not. Each full-time employee can produce 205 suits, while each part-time employee can produce 165 suits per month.
Demand for bathing suits for the next four months is as follows:
MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST 3,200 2,800 3,100 3,000 Beginning inventory in May is 403 complete (a complete two-piece includes both top and bottom) bathing suits. Bathing suits cost $40 to produce and carrying cost is 24 percent per year.
Develop an aggregate plan using a spreadsheet.
Step by Step Answer:
Operations And Supply Chain Management The Core Plus
ISBN: 9780073278292
1st Edition
Authors: F. Robert Jacobs , Richard Chase