Answer Happy

Deb Bishop Health and Beauty Products has developed a new shampoo and you need to develop its aggregate schedule. The cost accounting department has supplied you the cost relevant to the aggregate plan and the marketing department has provided a four-quarter forecast. Click the icon to view the four-quarter forecast. Click the icon to view the costs relevant to the aggregate plan. Your job is to develop an aggregate plan for the next four quarters. a) Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the forecast) as necessary (enter your responses as whole numbers). Hiring and Layoff Plan Qua er Forecast Production Hire (Units) Layoff (Units)
a) Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the forecast) as necessary (enter your responses as whole numbers). Hiring and Layoff Plan Quarter 1 2 3 4 Forecast 1,400 1,200 1,500 1,300 Production 1,500 Hire (Units) Layoff (Units) The total cost, including normal time labor costs, for this hiring and layoffs plan is $ (enter your response as a whole
b) Try a plan that holds employment steady (level strategy) by producing the average forecast for all four quarters (enter your responses as whole numbers). Level Plan Ending Quarter Forecast Production Inventory 1,500 0 1 2 3 4 1,400 1,200 1,500 1,300 The total cost, including normal time labor costs. for this level plan is $ Shortage Hire Layoff (Units) (Units) (Units) (enter your response as a whole number).
1 2 3 4 1,400 1,200 1,500 1,300 1,500 entory 0 (Units) (Units) (Units) The total cost, including normal time labor costs, for this level plan is $ (enter your response as a whole number). c) Which is the more economical plan for Deb Bishop Health and Beauty Products? The more economical plan is the