2022 Month Forecast Jan 5,500 Feb 5,700 Mar 6,000 Apr 5,800 May 6,300 Jun 7,000 Jul 7,500 Aug 7,200 Sep 6,800 Oct 6,300 Nov 6,000 Dec 5,800

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Month Forecast Actual January 2021 3,500 2,900 February 2021 3,500 3,200 March 2021 4,000 3,700 April 2021 4,500 4,500 May 2021 5,000 5,400 June 2021 5,500 6,000 July 2021 6,000 6,200 August 2021 5,500 5,400 September 2021 5,000 4,600 October 2021 4,500 4,000 November 2021 4,000 4,000 December 2021 5,000 5,200

Create a new Production Plan that will begin in March of 2022. It must be level and it must cover the new Sales Forecast numbers through the year. Assume there are no Backorders from last year (2021). a. What should your new monthly production rate be? b. How will you add new capacity?