R70 350 marks) Ultralle an electronics contract manufacturer, uses its facilities to produce two product categories: routers and switches. Consultation with customers has indicateda seasonal demand forecast for each category over the next 12 months (in thousands of units to be as shown. The operations manager used the Microsoft Solver to minimize the production cost considering all availableresourcesand production constraints (following results). He plottedthesolver results on three charts comparing the decision variables (workforce, production, inventory) in the next 12 months. 20 5 16 7 Referring to the router and switch's workforce and production plan charts, explain the aggregateplanning strategy for a) Router b) Switch. Router Switch Router Swie Router Switch Production Subcontract Stockout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ametate Plan Dection Variables (demand, inventory, production in Yons) 2 Wt Ot Router Switch Period # Hired #Laid off #Workforce Overtime Inventory 6,300 HOME 1 0 0 6,300 0 895 0 6,300 0 0 2,139 0 901 0 86,500 0 6,300 0 100 126,000 0 4 6,300 0 0 100 5,629 671 0 100 6 5,629 0 0 100 1,917 241 5,869 100 3,233 8 5,869 100 117,386 0 9 5,869 0 100 117,386 0 10 0 100 0 1,700 1,600 2,600 2,600 800 1,800 1,200 1,400 2,50 0 CU OP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,067 0 GP 1 0 C 0 5,869 5,869 0 0 0 100 Miring Lay off 0 Period 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 671,250 0 0 Reguler me Overde ver 10,080,000 894,600 10,080,000 0 2,139,400 10,080,000 1,297,500 901,200 10,080,000 1,890,000 300,000 9,006,000 0 300,000 9,006,000 0 300,000 9,390,872 0 2,216,662 9,390,872 0 3,532,923 9,390,872 1,760,788 2,366,762 9,390,872 1,760,788 300,000 9,390,872 0 300,000 10,080,000 0 300,000 0 7 0 168,381 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 41 301.494 12 13 Total cost = $ 137,068,107 5 5 R70 350 marks) Ultralle an electronics contract manufacturer, uses its facilities to produce two product categories: routers and switches. Consultation with customers has indicateda seasonal demand forecast for each category over the next 12 months (in thousands of units to be as shown. The operations manager used the Microsoft Solver to minimize the production cost considering all availableresourcesand production constraints (following results). He plottedthesolver results on three charts comparing the decision variables (workforce, production, inventory) in the next 12 months. 20 5 16 7 Referring to the router and switch's workforce and production plan charts, explain the aggregateplanning strategy for a) Router b) Switch. Router Switch Router Swie Router Switch Production Subcontract Stockout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ametate Plan Dection Variables (demand, inventory, production in Yons) 2 Wt Ot Router Switch Period # Hired #Laid off #Workforce Overtime Inventory 6,300 HOME 1 0 0 6,300 0 895 0 6,300 0 0 2,139 0 901 0 86,500 0 6,300 0 100 126,000 0 4 6,300 0 0 100 5,629 671 0 100 6 5,629 0 0 100 1,917 241 5,869 100 3,233 8 5,869 100 117,386 0 9 5,869 0 100 117,386 0 10 0 100 0 1,700 1,600 2,600 2,600 800 1,800 1,200 1,400 2,50 0 CU OP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,067 0 GP 1 0 C 0 5,869 5,869 0 0 0 100 Miring Lay off 0 Period 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 671,250 0 0 Reguler me Overde ver 10,080,000 894,600 10,080,000 0 2,139,400 10,080,000 1,297,500 901,200 10,080,000 1,890,000 300,000 9,006,000 0 300,000 9,006,000 0 300,000 9,390,872 0 2,216,662 9,390,872 0 3,532,923 9,390,872 1,760,788 2,366,762 9,390,872 1,760,788 300,000 9,390,872 0 300,000 10,080,000 0 300,000 0 7 0 168,381 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 41 301.494 12 13 Total cost = $ 137,068,107 5 5