Due to rising raw wood costs Green Mills.inc Management is considering buying forestlands in Chile. Locally Row woods costs $ 400 per 1000 board feet whereas $ 150 in Chile with an additional Transportation cost $ 50 per 1000 board feet. Maximum Shipping Capacity from Chile was 1500000 Board feet per Month with one month lead time for harvesting and shipping. In Chile Each Worker can Harvest 50000 board feet of lumbar per month with a 160 hr work schedule.The forest property has 20 employees and can store up to 3000000 board fet per month .workers can hired monthly, and undertime is paid.Overtime is limited to 25% of regular hours.Backordering is not allowed.Hiring and training a new employee costs $ 1000, and laying off an employee costs $ 500.the operations manager aimed to create a cost-effective plain for producing raw lumbar from chile to meet green Mills needs.managemnt wants to compare the costs of three startegies : chase , Lavel and Mixed aggregate plans using monthly demand projections. Monthly demand forecast per 1000 board feet . Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec & Demand / 1000 1000 1100 1300 1500 1800 2200 2500 2400 2000 1600 1200 800 also the Cost summery (Per 1000 Board Feet) as Cost Factor Regular Time Overtime Holding Shipping U.S.Spot Market Cost($) 150 200 25 50 400