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 Jupiter, a large candy company, is having great success with its "Swan" family of candy bars

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 Jupiter, a large candy company, is having great success with its "Swan" family of candy bars. Due to a number of factors they like to plan their production at least six months into the future. The table below contains their demand projections (in tons) for April through September:

Supply/Demand Info  Beginning      Apr       May       Jun      Jul       Aug       Sep   

Predicted sales  2,925 3,425 4,675 4,025 2,150 4,825

Regular production       

Overtime production       

Subcontract production           

Ending inventory 700      

Hired employees       

Fired employees       

Total employees 70

 

Cost variables are as follows:

Cost Variables              

Labor cost/hour $19

Overtime cost/ton $64

Subcontracting cost/ton   $55

Holding cost/ton/month   $9

Hiring cost/employee $1,000

Firing cost/employee $1,900

 

Here is some additional relevant (capacity) information:

Capacity Information              

Total labor hours/ton 3

Regular production tons/employee/month   25

Max regular production (tons/month) 2,600

Max overtime production (tons/month 1,000

Max subcontractor production (tons/month)  2,125

 

What is the total REGULAR production cost (over the six months from April through September) for a chase production plan? (whole number.)

   

 

What is the total overtime production cost for this production plan? (whole number.)

   

 

What is the total subcontract cost for this production plan? (whole number.)

   

 

What is the total holding cost for this production plan? (whole number.)

   

 

What is the total hire cost for this production plan? (whole number.)

   

 

What is the total fire cost for this production plan? (whole number.)

   

 

What is the total cost (sum of all costs) for this production plan? (whole number.)