A level strategy based on the following information

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Develop a Chase Strategy and a Level Strategy based on the following information. The Level Strategy requires the use of a constant workforce equal to the minimum expected demand: subcontracting has to be used for additional capacity.

	jun	Jul	aug	sep
Beginning inventory	400	250	200	150
Demand forecast	1700	1200	800	800
Number of working days by month	22	22	20	21

Costs

Materials $350.00 $ per unit
Inventory holding cost $3.50 $ per unit per month
Marginal cost of stockout $25.00$ per unit per month

Marginal cost of subcontracting $50.00

Hiring and training cost $2500.00 $ per worker

Layoff cost $4500.00 $ per worker

Labor hours required per unit 3.0 per unit

Straight-line cost (first eight hours each day) $15.00 $ per hour

Overtime cost $25.00 $ per hour

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