Question 2 Jumbo manufactures bicycles for all ages. The demand forecast for the coming year is as shown in Table 1. Jumbo currently has 200 employees and the capacity of the inventory is limited to 5,000 bicycles. Employees are paid $10 per hour for regular time and $15 per hour for overtime. Each bicycle requires two hours of work from one employee. The plant works 20 days a month and eight hours a day of regular time. Overtime is restricted to a maximum of 20 hours per employee per month. In order to satisfy the demand, Jumbo may hire (recruit) and lay off (fire) workers in addition to subcontracting (manufactured outside). Hiring costs $300/worker. Layoff costs $500/worker and a bicycle costs $ 65/unit if subcontracted. The number of hired workers cannot exceed 10% of the existing workers and there are no limits on subcontracting. Defect bicycles are estimated to 5% of the production each month. Each bicycle uses $35 of material. Carrying a bicycle in inventory from one month to the next costs $4. Month Demand Month January February March April May June Demand 12.000 11,000 14,000 20,000 25,000 27,000 July August September October November December 24,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 11.000 10,000 Table 1: Anticipated Monthly Demand at Jumbo Jumbo starts with 5,000 bicycles in inventory and wants to end the year with 4,500 bicycles in inventory. Bicycles are currently sold to retailers for $80 each. Jumbo is in the process of making its production. What is the optimal production plan