A planner has been asked to create a level workforce and a chasing demand strategy for a 4-month period.

This problem asks you to complete the level workforce plan. The next problem asks you to complete the chasing demand plan. All workforce policies are given in the table below; each plan gives information on which policies are allowed.

Workforce policies:

Regular output per employee	500	units
Overtime production	800	max units
Regular production cost	$20	per unit
Overtime production cost	$30	per unit
Holding cost	$2	per unit in avg inventory
Beginning inventory	0	units
Hiring cost	$500	per new employee (one-time cost in the month hired)
Layoff cost	$1000	per laid-off employee (one-time cost in the month let go)

The plan runs from May through August. At the end of April, the company has 55 employees in the production area. Assume in the level workforce plan we will not hire or layoff any workers, and backlog is not allowed. Assume that all employees produce the maximum regular output per month. Any amount of overtime up to 800 units is allowed, to avoid backlog.

A. What is the maximum monthly output including regular and overtime units for this plan?

multiple choice

800

5500

10000

6300

B. Complete the plan below. Some information has been filled in the table already. Be sure to enter a value in any cell with an answer blank. Enter a zero (0) where necessary, and indicate negative amounts with a minus sign (example: -200). Enter values without a comma or symbols (example: enter 1000 instead of 1,000 or $1000).

	May	June	July	August	Total
FORECAST	5500	5800	6600	6200	24100
# of Employees	55	55	55	55
OUTPUT
Regular					22000
Overtime
Output - Forecast
INVENTORY
Beginning	0
Ending
Average
COSTS
Regular
Overtime
Inventory
Hiring	0	0	0	0
Layoff	0	0	0	0
Total