Mercury Electronics must develop a plan to allocate capacity to fulfilling forecasted demand of 400 units in March, 500 units in April, and 700 units in May. Mercury has 50 units of inventory currently on hand. For each month, Mercury can produce units as follows: Regular Time 350 Overtime Subcontracting 100 Month March April May 50 400 450 50 100 50 100 Assume the following costs: Regular time cost per unit $50 Overtime cost per unit $65 Subcontract cost per unit $80 Carrying cost per unit per month Back order cost per unit per month $1 $4 Develop an Excel model that allocates production capacity to satisfy demand at a minimum cost.

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Mercury Electronics must develop a plan to allocate capacity to fulfilling forecasted demand of 400 units in
March, 500 units in April, and 700 units in May. Mercury has 50 units of inventory currently on hand. For
each month, Mercury can produce units as follows:
Regular Time
Month
March
Overtime
50
Subcontracting
100
350
April
400
50
100
May
450
50
100
Assume the following costs:
Regular time cost per unit
$50
Overtime cost per unit
$65
Subcontract cost per unit
$80
Carrying cost per unit per month
$1
Back order cost per unit per month
$4
Develop an Excel model that allocates production capacity to satisfy demand at a minimum cost.
Transcribed Image Text:Mercury Electronics must develop a plan to allocate capacity to fulfilling forecasted demand of 400 units in March, 500 units in April, and 700 units in May. Mercury has 50 units of inventory currently on hand. For each month, Mercury can produce units as follows: Regular Time Month March Overtime 50 Subcontracting 100 350 April 400 50 100 May 450 50 100 Assume the following costs: Regular time cost per unit $50 Overtime cost per unit $65 Subcontract cost per unit $80 Carrying cost per unit per month $1 Back order cost per unit per month $4 Develop an Excel model that allocates production capacity to satisfy demand at a minimum cost.
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