Introduction to Materials Management 8th Edition by Steve Chapman ,Tony Arnold ,Ann Gatewood ,Lloyd Clive

Exercise 3

Assume you have been given the job to develop an effective approach to the problem. First, here is the forecast developed by Marketing: The production manager said there were currently 50 units in inventory, and they would like to end the 6 months with only 25 in inventory. He also said that currently each worker produces an average of 25 pumps in any given month. There are currently 20 workers in the medium-size pump area.
Try to develop a possible hybrid plan that would accomplish the task with smaller total costs than either level or chase.