After analyzing the case study, the discuss the following questions from the operations management perspective. 1. What is the overall goal of aggregate production planning (APP)? 2. How might Cataumet Boats benefit from APP? 3. What are the potential risks/rewards of using APP? What assumptions are made? 4. What are the major constraints in Cataumet's business? 5. Determine the total labor hours for all of the various tasks that are typically required to be completed over a year. Assume an average time for each task in which there is variability among completion time. How does this compare to the total labor hours that are currently available, not including the seasonal workers that are hired in the spring? 6. Given that the owners want to maintain the current full-time workforce of 11, calculate the costs of the following aggregate plans for both fall and spring:  Schedule the full-time workers for overtime up to a maximum of 60 hours a week.  Schedule the full-time employees for only 40 hours a week and hire seasonal workers to do the additional work needed to meet customer demand.  Level-load the work during the peak demand periods for fall and spring, and hire seasonal workers to meet the excess demand. 7. To address Uncle Pete's issue of needing to paint boat bottoms every spring, determine the cost of hiring two additional full-time workers. 8. What factors other than cost should be considered in evaluating the above alternatives? 9. What should Jaime Giancola recommend to her mother and uncle, and why?

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