A company wants to develop a level production plan for a family of products. The opening

inventory is 550 units, and a decrease to 200 units is expected by the end of the plan.

The demand for each of the periods is given in what follows. All periods have the same

number of working days. How much should the company produce each period? What

will be the ending inventories in each period? Do you see any problems with the plan?

period	1	2	3	4	5	6	total
forecast demand	1300	1200	800	600	800	900
planned production
planned inventory. 550