T.C. Leblanc, director of the company Green Machinery, a manufacturer of lawn mowers and leaf blowers / vacuum cleaners. He must prepare a global production plan according to forecast demand for engines (see table below). tique A SU Dessin Cration Mise en page Rfrences Publipostage english 2 -- Enregistr dans mon Mac Rvision Affichage Dites-le-nous 21 Partager AaBbDdEe. AaBbDdEe AaBbCcDc AabhccDE AaBb AaBb CcDE > (Cor... 12 A A Aa A E Sab XX ADA Normal Sans Interligne Titre 1 Titre 2 Titre Sous-titre a Volet Styles Month prev JAN 500 Feb 300 March 200 April 1000 Mai 2000 june 3000 jul 4000 august 2000 september 500 october 400 november 300 december 2800 nots LX Anglais (Etats-Unis) Focus = Fida ull 9% 11:41 Number of employees: 9 employees Production per day: 9 units per employee Regular production cost: $ 60 per unit Subcontracting cost: $85 per unit Hiring: $ 4,000 per employee Dismissal: $ 7,000 per employee Storage cost: $ 2 per unit per month (the monthly inventory cost is calculated based on the final inventory for the month). Initial stocks: 400 units We suppose that: Employees work every day of the year (ie 365 days a year). Orders due to backlogs or shortages are not allowed. The monthly inventory cost is calculated based on the final inventory for the month. A safety stock of 10% of your forecast is absolutely essential (inventory final). a) Develop a synchronous production strategy that respects the forecasts and the safety stock of each month, by varying only the level of manpower by contracts with variable duration. Calculate the total cost of your synchronous plan. N.B. to calculate the number of employees required for the monthly production, you must absolutely round your result to the nearest whole value. This means that if you need 16.4 employees for your monthly production, you hire 17 employees for production for 16.4 employees. You pay for 17 employees and 0.6 employees will not be used, but will be paid anyway. T.C. Leblanc, director of the company Green Machinery, a manufacturer of lawn mowers and leaf blowers / vacuum cleaners. He must prepare a global production plan according to forecast demand for engines (see table below). tique A SU Dessin Cration Mise en page Rfrences Publipostage english 2 -- Enregistr dans mon Mac Rvision Affichage Dites-le-nous 21 Partager AaBbDdEe. AaBbDdEe AaBbCcDc AabhccDE AaBb AaBb CcDE > (Cor... 12 A A Aa A E Sab XX ADA Normal Sans Interligne Titre 1 Titre 2 Titre Sous-titre a Volet Styles Month prev JAN 500 Feb 300 March 200 April 1000 Mai 2000 june 3000 jul 4000 august 2000 september 500 october 400 november 300 december 2800 nots LX Anglais (Etats-Unis) Focus = Fida ull 9% 11:41 Number of employees: 9 employees Production per day: 9 units per employee Regular production cost: $ 60 per unit Subcontracting cost: $85 per unit Hiring: $ 4,000 per employee Dismissal: $ 7,000 per employee Storage cost: $ 2 per unit per month (the monthly inventory cost is calculated based on the final inventory for the month). Initial stocks: 400 units We suppose that: Employees work every day of the year (ie 365 days a year). Orders due to backlogs or shortages are not allowed. The monthly inventory cost is calculated based on the final inventory for the month. A safety stock of 10% of your forecast is absolutely essential (inventory final). a) Develop a synchronous production strategy that respects the forecasts and the safety stock of each month, by varying only the level of manpower by contracts with variable duration. Calculate the total cost of your synchronous plan. N.B. to calculate the number of employees required for the monthly production, you must absolutely round your result to the nearest whole value. This means that if you need 16.4 employees for your monthly production, you hire 17 employees for production for 16.4 employees. You pay for 17 employees and 0.6 employees will not be used, but will be paid anyway