Aggregate Plan Decision Variables
Ht Lt Wt Ot It St Ct Pt
Period # Hired # Laid off # WorkforcOvertime Inventory Stockout SubcontracProduction
0 0 0 80 0 1,000 0 0
1 0 16 64 0 1,960 0 0 2,560
2 0 0 64 0 1,520 0 0 2,560
3 0 0 64 0 880 0 0 2,560
4 0 0 64 0 0 220 140 2,560
5 0 0 64 0 140 0 0 2,560
6 0 0 64 0 500 0 0 2,560
Aggregate Plan Costs
Period Hiring Lay off Regular ti Overtime Inventory Stockout SubcontracMaterial
1 0 8,000 40,960 0 3,920 0 0 25,600
2 0 0 40,960 0 3,040 0 0 25,600
3 0 0 40,960 0 1,760 0 0 25,600
4 0 0 40,960 0 0 1,100 4,200 25,600
5 0 0 40,960 0 280 0 0 25,600
6 0 0 40,960 0 1,000 0 0 25,600
Total cost= 422,660
Constraints
Demand Price Workforce Capacity Inventory Overtime
1600 40 0 0 0 640
3000 40 0 0 0 640
3200 40 0 0 0 640
3800 39 0 0 0 640
2200 40 0 0 0 640
2200 40 0 0 0 640
Aggregate Planning (Chapter 8-9)
Demand Forecast
Month Demand Forecast
January 1,600
February 3,000
March 3,200
April 3,800
May 2,200
June 2,200
Costs
Item Cost
Materials cost/unit $ 10
Inventory holding cost/unit/month $ 2
Marginal cost of stockout/unit/month $ 5
Hiring and training cost/worker $ 300
Layoff cost/worker $ 500
Labor hours required/unit 4
Regular time cost/hour $ 4
Over time cost/hour $ 6
Marginal subcontracting cost/unit $ 30