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Bob Carlton's golf camp estimates the workforce requirements for its services over the next two years in the accompanying table.

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Each certified instructor puts in 480 hours per quarter regular time and can work an additional

120 hours overtime. Regular-time wages and benefits cost Carlton

$7,200 per employee per quarter for regular time worked up to

480 hours, with an overtime cost of

$20 per hour. Unused regular time for certified instructors is paid at

$15 per hour. There is no cost for unused overtime capacity. The cost of hiring, training, and certifying a new employee is $10,000. Layoff costs are $4,000 per employee. Currently 8 employees work in this capacity.

Assume that Carlton is permitted to employ some uncertified, part-time instructors, provided they represent no more than 15 percent of the total workforce hours in any quarter. Each part-time instructor can work up to 240 hours per quarter, with no overtime or undertime cost. Labor costs for part-time instructors are

$11

per hour. Hiring and training costs are

$2,000

per uncertified instructor, and there are no layoff costs.

Part 3

a. Consider the following proposed low-cost, mixed-strategy plan:

Quarter	Demand (hours)	Workforce	Cert Hires	Cert Layoffs	PT Work Hours	PT Hires	PT Fires	Overtime (hours)
1	4,200	9	1
2	6,400	10	1		720	3		880
3	3,000	8		2			3
4	4,800	8			720	3		240
5	4,400	8			560
6	6,240	10	2		720			720
7	3,600	8		2			3
8	4,800	8			720	3		240
Total		69	4	4	3,440	9	6	2,080

Total cost for this plan would be

$enter your response here.

(Enter your response as an integer.)