Table 10.2 Archie Toys Is a Retailer Operating Out of Wichita, Kansas

Multiple Choice

Table 10.2
Archie Toys is a retailer operating out of Wichita, Kansas. It experiences a seasonal demand pattern for its services. Labor requirements over a typical six-month period follow. The workforce requirements (expressed as number of employees) are given in the following table for the next six periods.

Costs associated with operations are as follows:
Wages = $800 per worker per month
Hiring cost = $300 per worker
Layoff cost = $200 per worker
The current workforce level is nine workers, and the undertime is paid for. Use the spreadsheet approach and the preceding data to answer the following questions.
-Use the information in Table 10.2. The total cost of the staffing plan, including the cost of regular wages, hiring, and layoffs using a chase strategy with hiring and layoffs but no overtime, is:

A) less than or equal to $42,000.
B) greater than $42,000 but less than or equal to $43,000.
C) greater than $43,000 but less than or equal to $44,000.
D) greater than $44,000.