Suppose that on December 21 the long range weather forecast was released by the weather service and more snow than normal is predicted. As a result, the Marketing Dept. raises their forecast for Quarter I sales of blowers form 9,000 to 11,000 umits. You will now have to develop and analyze several alternative plans for next year. Keep in mind that each of these plans must consider. a) Beginning lav. of 600 mowers and 400 blowers, b) Ending Inventory and back onders for Qtr. IV must be zero, and c) Each plan must have the same level total output rate each quarter. A Develop a plan which uses overtime by regular, full-time employees to meet the new demand conditions. Show your plan in tabular form on an Aggregate Planning Worksheet. Calculate the total anmal cost of your plan 2-A B. Plan 2-B will use regular employees (no overtime) plus subcontracting to meet the new demand conditions. Summarize this plan on a Worksheet C. Another possibility would be to hire an additional full-time employee on Jan. 2 and employ him/her for the full year. Show this plan 2-C in tabular form and calculate the total ammural cost. Plan (common unit) 2 1 3 4 Total Period(n) Forecast(Dn) Output(On): Reg(RON) OvT(00n) PtT(Pon) Sct(SC) On Dn Inventory: Begin(Bn) End (En) Avg (An) Backord(BOn) Costs of the plan ($) Reg o OvTO PtTO Sct 0 Hiring Firing Inventory Backord Total Suppose that on December 21 the long range weather forecast was released by the weather service and more snow than normal is predicted. As a result, the Marketing Dept. raises their forecast for Quarter I sales of blowers form 9,000 to 11,000 umits. You will now have to develop and analyze several alternative plans for next year. Keep in mind that each of these plans must consider. a) Beginning lav. of 600 mowers and 400 blowers, b) Ending Inventory and back onders for Qtr. IV must be zero, and c) Each plan must have the same level total output rate each quarter. A Develop a plan which uses overtime by regular, full-time employees to meet the new demand conditions. Show your plan in tabular form on an Aggregate Planning Worksheet. Calculate the total anmal cost of your plan 2-A B. Plan 2-B will use regular employees (no overtime) plus subcontracting to meet the new demand conditions. Summarize this plan on a Worksheet C. Another possibility would be to hire an additional full-time employee on Jan. 2 and employ him/her for the full year. Show this plan 2-C in tabular form and calculate the total ammural cost. Plan (common unit) 2 1 3 4 Total Period(n) Forecast(Dn) Output(On): Reg(RON) OvT(00n) PtT(Pon) Sct(SC) On Dn Inventory: Begin(Bn) End (En) Avg (An) Backord(BOn) Costs of the plan ($) Reg o OvTO PtTO Sct 0 Hiring Firing Inventory Backord Total
