Helter Industires, a company that produces a line of women's bathing suits, hires temporaries to help produce its summer product demand. For the current four-month rolling schedule, there are three temps on staff and 12 full-time employees. The temps can be hired when needed and can be used as needed, wheras the full-time emplyees must be paid whether they areneeded or not. Each full-time employee can produce 205 suits, while eact part-time employee can produce 165 suits per month.
Demand for bathing suits for the next four months is as follows:
May June July August
3,200 2,800 3,100 3,000
Beginning inventory in May is 403 complete (a complete two-piece includes both top and bottom) bathing suits. Bathing suits cost $40 to produce and carrying cost is 24 percent per year.
Develop an aggregate plan using a spreadsheet.