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To determine whether this plan is desirable, first calculate demand per day for each month ( enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number

To determine whether this plan is desirable, first calculate demand per day for each month (enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number).
Table 1
Month
Production Days
Demand Forecast
Avg Dem Per Prod. Day
1
January
22
800
3636
2
February
18
650
3636
3
March
21
850
4040
4
April
21
1,100
5252
5
May
22
1,200
5555
6
June
20
1,250
6363
Other data
Inventory carrying cost
$5 per unit per month
Subcontracting cost per unit
$10 per unit
Average pay rate
$5 per hour ($40 per day)
Overtime pay Rate
$7 per hour(above 8 hrs per day)
Labor-hours per unit
1.6 hrs per unit
Cost of increasing daily production rate(hiring & training)
$300 per unit
Cost of decreasing daily production rate(layoffs)
$600 per unit
Part 3
The production rate per day =3030 units. (Enter your response as a whole number.)
Part 4
Fill in the table below. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.)
Month
Demand
Regular Production
Subcontract
(Units)
1
January
800
enter your response here
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2
February
650
enter your response here
enter your response here
3
March
850
enter your response here
enter your response here
4
April
1,100
enter your response here
enter your response here
5
May
1,200
enter your response here
enter your response here
6
June
1,250
enter your response here
enter your response here

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