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Standard Hours required to produce one unit = 20 hours
No. of units to be produced in period -5 (i.e. Demand of Period-5) = 610 units
Total Hours required to produce 610 units in period-5 = No. of units to be produced in period -5 * Standard Hours required to produce one unit
= 610*20
= 12,200 hours.
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No of hours worked by each employee per month = 160 regular working hours.
Therefore, No of hours worked by each employee in each bimonth period = 160*2 = 320 hours
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No. of employees needed during demand of 610 units in period 5 if no overtime production is to be scheduled = Total Hours required to produce 610 units in period-5/ No of hours worked by each employee in each bimonth period
= 12,200/320
= 38.125
= 39 (Rounded up as per rule -3 – since in period-5 no, of employees is increasing as demand increases in period-5 as compared to period-4)
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