5. Consider the following information for the Fairmount Company: Production change cost ???? $20/unit of change (from

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5. Consider the following information for the Fairmount Company:

Production change cost ???? $20/unit of change (from a base of 4,000 units).

Most efficient production rate ???? 4,000 units per period.

Maximum amount of production capacity ???? 4,600 units per period.

Inventory costs ???? $4/unit per period on the ending inventory.

Shortage costs ???? $15/unit per period.

Subcontracting costs ???? $18/unit (maximum of 1,000 units per period).

Beginning inventory ???? 1,200 units.

Period Demand (Units)

1 6,000 2 4,500 3 6,000 4 5,100

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Manufacturing Planning And Control For Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 9780073377827

6th Edition

Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, William Berry, David Clay Whybark, Thomas Vollmann

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