Consider the situation faced by Golden Beverages, a producer of two major products $$ Old Fashioned and Foamy Delite root beers. Golden Beverages operates as a continuous flow factory and must plan future production for a demand forecast that fluctuates quite a bit over the year, with seasonal peaks in the summer and winter holiday season. How should Golden Beverages plan its overall production for the next $12$ months in the face of such fluctuating demand if the level demand strategy is applied? The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below.

Open spreadsheet

Questions

$1.$ What is the average monthly demand? Round your answer to two decimal places.

fill in the blank $2$

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$2.$ What is the maximum monthly ending inventory? If an amount is zero, enter $"0".$ Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

fill in the blank $3$

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$3.$ What are the costs associated with level demand production plan? Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

Production Inventory Lost Sales Overtime Undertime Rate Change

Month Cost Cost Cost Cost Cost Cost

Totals $ fill in the blank $4$

$ fill in the blank $5$

$ fill in the blank $6$

$ fill in the blank $7$

$ fill in the blank $8$

$ fill in the blank $9$

$4.$ What is the total cost? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

$ fill in the blank $10$