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AGGREGATE PLANNING AT CROWN MIRRORS
This caselet enables a discussion on the concept of Aggregate Planning in Operations
Management. Crown Mirrors (Crown) located in Michigan was a successful manufacturer of
decorative lamps. Due to increased fluctuations in demand, Felix Steve (Felix), the founder of
Crown started following sophisticated forecasting system. He suggested his production in charge
to take into account all the seasonal and trend patterns while doing production planning. Felix
estimated the costs of hiring or firing workers; using overtime; subcontracting; and holding
inventory or running out of the product. Felix was not able to determine whether demands not
met in the current month could be met later or whether the incomplete orders would be lost.
Pedagogical Objectives
• To discuss the basics of aggregate planning
• To identify production schedule for Crown
ABSTRACT
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Aggregate planning at crown mirrors abstract

1. AGGREGATE PLANNING AT CROWN MIRRORS This caselet enables a discussion on the concept of Aggregate Planning in Operations Management. Crown Mirrors (Crown) located in Michigan was a successful manufacturer of decorative lamps. Due to increased fluctuations in demand, Felix Steve (Felix), the founder of Crown started following sophisticated forecasting system. He suggested his production in charge to take into account all the seasonal and trend patterns while doing production planning. Felix estimated the costs of hiring or firing workers; using overtime; subcontracting; and holding inventory or running out of the product. Felix was not able to determine whether demands not met in the current month could be met later or whether the incomplete orders would be lost. Pedagogical Objectives • To discuss the basics of aggregate planning • To identify production schedule for Crown ABSTRACT © www.etcases.com CASELET