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The company will use a matching (chasing) demand strategy for the first two quarters. For quarters three and four, it will use a level production strategy with no overtime, no shortages during these quarters and no inventory leftover at the end of the fourth quarter. What is the total cost of this option, excluding the material cost? ii) The company will establish in quarter one and then maintain a workforce capable of producing 2,160 units in a quarter. If there are more workers in a quarter than required to produce the demand for that quarter, only the units required will be produced in that quarter and there will be underutilization. If demand is greater in a quarter than can be produced by the available workforce using straight time labor, the excess units will be outsourced. What is the total cost of this option, excluding the material cost?