SECOND PART OF CASE [ CASE WRITE UP]
Data
| Costs | ||||
| Item | Cost | |||
| Materials cost/unit | $ 20 | |||
| Inventory holding cost/unit/month | 3.0 | |||
| Marginal cost of stockout/unit/month | ||||
| Hiring and training cost/worker | ||||
| Layoff cost/worker | ||||
| Labor hours required/unit | 0.1667 | |||
| Regular time cost/hour | 20.0 | |||
| Over time cost/hour | 30.0 | |||
| Marginal subcontracting cost/unit | ||||
| Initial Workforce size | 1250 | |||
| Maximum overtime per worker per month | 20 | |||
| Starting inventory ('000s) | 50 | |||
| Ending inventory ('000s) | 50 | |||
Production Plan
| Period | Hired | Laid off | Workforce | Overtime | Inventory | Stockout | Subcontract | Production | Demand | Inventory | Overtime | Production | OT Production | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1000 | 0 | 1,000 | 25000 | 200000 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 0.0 | 150.0 | 0 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | 1,100 | 25000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 500.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 650.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 500.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 250.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 900 | 25000 | 300000 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1150 | 0 | 1,100 | 25000 | 50000 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 0.0 | 450.0 | 0 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | 800 | 25000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 400.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 1,250 | 25000.0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 1,700 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| Costs | ||||||||||||||
| Period | Hiring | Lay off | Regular time | Overtime | Inventory | Stockout | Subcontract | Material | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 0 | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | 20,000,000 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 0 | 450,000 | 0 | 0 | 24,000,000 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 1,950,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 0 | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | 23,000,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 0 | 1,350,000 | 0 | 0 | 24,000,000 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 1,200,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 750,000 | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,000,000 | ||||||
| 298,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
| total cost | 360,400,000 | |||||||||||||