Jerusalem Medical Ltd., an Israeli producer of portable kidney dialysis units and other medical products, develops a 4-month aggregate plan. Demand and capacity (in units) are forecast as follows: Capacity Source Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Labor Regular time 245 265 300 300 Overtime 15 24 26 22 Subcontract 14 15 13 15 Demand 260 304 331 305 The cost of producing each dialysis unit is $875 on regular time, $1310 on overtime, and $1500 on a subcontract. Inventory carrying cost is $100 per unit per month. There is to be no beginning or ending inventory in stock and backorders are not permitted. Minimizing cost using the transportation method, the optimal cost is ???$ (enter your response as a whole number).

Jerusalem Medical Ltd., an Israeli producer of portable kidney dialysis units and other medical products, develops a 4-month aggregate plan. Demand and capacity (in units) are forecast as follows: Capacity Source Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Labor Regular time 245 265 300 300 Overtime 15 24 26 22 Subcontract 14 15 13 15 Demand 260 304 331 305 The cost of producing each dialysis unit is $875 on regular time, $1310 on overtime, and $1500 on a subcontract. Inventory carrying cost is $100 per unit per month. There is to be no beginning or ending inventory in stock and backorders are not permitted. Minimizing cost using the transportation method, the optimal cost is ???$ (enter your response as a whole number).

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Chapter5: Network Models

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