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A) Strategy plan as it has skilled employees and wants to keep employees in the company in the long term.

The operation department of a company estimated below workforce requirements for their services for the next 4 periods. The company uses a level

Planning Period            1                  2                   3                   4  

Demand ( hours )      24,000             25,000          36,000          34,000

Each worker puts in 600 hours of regular time per planning period and can work as many as additional 100 hours of overtime. The company pays Regular -time wages of $ 7,500 per employee per period for any time worked Up to 600 hours (including undertime). The overtime pay rate is $ 40 per hour over 600 hours. Currently 40 employees work for the company. No delays in service, or backorders, are allowed, hiring cost per employee is $ 7,500 and layoff cost per employee is $5,000. 

Develop a workforce plan that uses the level strategy, relaying only overtime and undertime. What is the workforce level that minimizes undertime? What is the total cost of the plan?