Deb Bishop Health and Beauty Products has developed a new shampoo and you need to develop its aggregate schedule. The cost accounting department has supplied you the cost relevant to the aggregate plan and the marketing department has provided a four-quarter forecast. LOADING... Click the icon to view the four-quarter forecast. LOADING... Click the icon to view the costs relevant to the aggregate plan. Your job is to develop an aggregate plan for the next four quarters. Part 2 a)

Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the forecast) as necessary (enter your responses as whole numbers).

Hiring and Layoff Plan
Quarter	Forecast	Production	Hire (Units)	Layoff (Units)
		1,500
1	1,400

Quarter	Forecast
1	1,400
2	1,000
3	1,600
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Costs
Previous quarter's output	1,500 units
Beginning inventory	0 units
Stockout cost for backorders	$55 per unit
Inventory holding cost	$9 per unit for every unit held at the end of the quarter
Hiring workers	$50 per unit
Layoff workers	$75 per unit
Unit cost	$40 per unit
Overtime	$20 extra per unit
Subcontracting	Not available