Consider the following aggregate planning problem for one quarter: regular time overtime subcontracting production capacity/month 1,000 200 150 production cost/month 5 7 8 assume that there is no initial inventory and there is forecasted demand of 1,250 units in each month in the quarter. carrying cost is $1 per unit per month, and backlogs are not allowed. use the transportation model to find the optimal solution. how much excess capacity is there? units what is the cost of the optimal solution? how many units are actually made by subcontracting? how many units incur a holding cost? in other words, how many are made in one month and held to meet the demand of a future month? units

Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.