The president of Hill​ Enterprises, Terri​ Hill, projects the​ firm's aggregate demand requirements over the next 8 months as​ follows:     January 1,400 May 2,200 February 1,600 June 2,200 March 1,800 July 1,800 April 1,800 August 1,400   Her operations manager is considering a new​ plan, which begins in January with 200 units of inventory on hand. Stockout cost of lost sales is ​$100 per unit. Inventory holding cost is ​$20 per unit per month. Ignore any​ idle-time costs. The plan is called plan C.   Plan​ C: Keep a stable workforce by maintaining a constant production rate equal to the average gross requirements excluding initial inventory and allow varying inventory levels.   Conduct your analysis for January through August. Part 2 The average monthly demand requirement=17751775 units. ​(Enter your response as a whole​ number.) Part 3 In order to arrive at the​ costs, first compute the ending inventory and stockout units for each month by filling in the table below ​(enter your responses as whole​ numbers).                                                                                                              Period   Month Demand   Production Ending Inventory Stockouts​ (Units) 0 December     200   1 January 1,400 1,775 575575 00 2 February 1,600 1,775 750750 00 3 March 1,800 1,775 725725 00 4 April 1,800 1,775 700700 00 5 May 2,200 1,775 275275 00 6 June 2,200 1,775 00 150150 7 July 1,800 1,775 00 2525 8 August 1,400 1,775 375375 00 Part 4 The total stockout cost​ = ​$enter your response here. ​(Enter your response as a whole​ number.)

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The president of Hill​ Enterprises, Terri​ Hill, projects the​ firm's aggregate demand requirements over the next 8 months as​ follows:  
 
January
1,400
May
2,200
February
1,600
June
2,200
March
1,800
July
1,800
April
1,800
August
1,400
 
Her operations manager is considering a new​ plan, which begins in January with
200
units of inventory on hand. Stockout cost of lost sales is
​$100
per unit. Inventory holding cost is
​$20
per unit per month. Ignore any​ idle-time costs. The plan is called plan C.
 
Plan​ C: Keep a stable workforce by maintaining a constant production rate equal to the average gross requirements excluding initial inventory and allow varying inventory levels.
 
Conduct your analysis for January through August.
Part 2
The average monthly demand
requirement=17751775
units. ​(Enter your response as a whole​ number.)
Part 3
In order to arrive at the​ costs, first compute the ending inventory and stockout units for each month by filling in the table below ​(enter your responses as whole​ numbers).
                                                                                                            
Period
 
Month
Demand
 
Production
Ending Inventory
Stockouts​ (Units)
0
December
 
 
200
 
1
January
1,400
1,775
575575
00
2
February
1,600
1,775
750750
00
3
March
1,800
1,775
725725
00
4
April
1,800
1,775
700700
00
5
May
2,200
1,775
275275
00
6
June
2,200
1,775
00
150150
7
July
1,800
1,775
00
2525
8
August
1,400
1,775
375375
00
Part 4
The total stockout cost​ =
​$enter your response here.
​(Enter your response as a whole​ number.)
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