Wormwood, Ltd., produces a variety of furniture products. The planning committee wants to prepare an aggregate plan for the next
six months using the following information: MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 6 Demand 160 150 160 180 170 140 Capacity Regular 150 150 150 150 160 160 Overtime 10 10 0 10 10 10 Cost Per Unit Regular time $ 50 Overtime 75 Subcontract 80 Inventory, per period 4 Subcontracting can handle a maximum of 10 units per month. Beginning inventory is zero. Develop a plan that minimizes total cost. No back orders are allowed. Regular production and overtime production can be less than capacity in any month.
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Answer:
Wormwood limited
Production plan that will yield the least cost of $49,630 is shown in the attached document.
It entails maxing out the regular capacity from period 1 to 5, and using regular to produce only 140 units in period 6
It further entails using overtime to produce 10 units from period 1 to 5. And subcontracting only in period 4 to cover the demand/production gap.
This will keep inventory of 10 units in period 2, which is carried into period 3 and consumed in period 4.
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Answer:
E=-4.0746
Explanation:
Using the midpoint method, Lauren's income elasticity of demand for new outfits is determined by the change in income multiplied by the average number of outfits, divided by the change in the number of outfits multiplied by the average income:
Her income elasticity of demand for new outfits is -4.0746.