Michael Carrigg, Inc., is a disk manufacturer in need of an aggregate plan for July through December. The company has gathered the following data: Costs Other Data $8/disk/Month Current workforce (June) 8 people Holding cost Subcontracting Regular-time labour $12/hour Overtime labour $80/disk Labour-hours/disk 4 hours $18/hour (above 8 hours) $40/worker $80/worker Workdays/month Beginning Inventory Ending Inventory 20 days 200 disk O disk Hiring cost Layoff cost Demand July 400 Aug. Sept. Oct. 500 550 700 Nov. 800 Dec. 700 What will each of the two following strategies cost? a) Vary the workforce so that production approximates demand. Carrigg had eight workers on board in June. Fill in the table below. (Enter all responses as whole numbers. In the hire/layoff column, use positive numbers for hires - plus signs omitted; negative numbers layoffs.) Plan A Beginning Personnel on Units Hire / I avoff Month Domand Inventory StaffA* Droduced Enter your answer in the edit fields and then click Check Answer. Score: 0 of 1 pt 1 of 5 (0 complete) HW Score: 0%, 0 of 5 pt: Problem 13.7 (similar to) Question Help Aug. 500 Sept. 550 Oct. 700 Nov. 800 Dec. 700 What will each of the two following strategies cost? a) Vary the workforce so that production approximates demand. Carrigg had eight workers on board in June. Fill in the table below. (Enter all responses as whole numbers. In the hire/layoff column, use positive numbers for hires - plus signs omitted; negative numbers for layoffs.) Plan A Personnel on Units Hire / Beginning Inventory Month Demand Staff** Produced Layoff 0 June 200 8. 1 July 400 2 August 500 3 September 550 4 October 700 5. November 800 6 December 700 **In computing personnel on staff, assume that, if the capacity of a fraction of a worker is needed (i.e., the personnel on staff in the previous month is less than the personnel required for the current month), one worker is hired. If the capacity of a fraction of a worker is excess (i.e., the personnel on staff in the previous month is greater than the personnel required for the current month), one worker is laid off. Enter your answer in the edit fields and then click Check Answer. Check Answer parts remaining Clear All Answers in as fa