Computing sales forecasts and labor and machine standards


Assignment:

A company has these sales forecasts and labor and machine standards for its products:

Product

Quarterly Sales (Products)

Labor Standards (labor-hours/ product)

Machine Standard (machine-hours/ product)

1stQuarter

2ndQuarter

3rdQuarter

4thQuarter

A

22,000

19,000

17,000

15,000

7.95

5.77

B

11,000

9,000

7,000

10,000

6.56

4.10

C

21,000

18,000

17,000

19,000

3.22

2.55

D

16,000

13,000

12,000

14,000

4.90

3.15

E

7,000

5,000

5,000

7,000

3.11

2.10

  • Compute the labor-hours required for each quarter.
  • Compute the machine-hours for each quarter.
  • If the machine-hours were sufficient and employees worked 13 weeks in each quarter and 40 hours in each week, determine how many employees the company would require in each quarter, using these aggregate plans: a) level capacity and b) matching demand.
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