Angela has started a business creating personalized bobble-heads. Below is her current schedule and anticipated demand.
Month Expected Demand Production Days Demand/Day
Jan. 700 24 30
Feb. 1200 20 60
March 850 22 39
April 1100 21 53
May 970 23 43
Inventory carrying costs are $3/unit. Regular time labor is $9/hr. Workers work for 8 hours/day. It takes 2 hours to complete one bobble-head. The subcontracting cost/unit is $22. Hiring employees cost $200 and firing them cost $400.
If Angela wants to have a constant workforce, utilizing a pure level strategy. She currently employees 11 workers in the production process. The total cost of this aggregate plan are most nearly,
A. 880
B. 7920
C. 1630
D. 88750
E. 87120