Costs in Aggregate Planning (1)Smoothing cost:Occurs as result of changing the production level from one period to the next. Cost for changing size of workforce-advertise positions; interview prospective employees,and training new hires; Assumed to be linear; Fig 3-2 Cost of 豆 Changing the Size of the Workforce Slope =CH Slope =CF 一f,=Numbers of fires H,=Number of hiresCosts in Aggregate Planning (1) Smoothing cost: Occurs as result of changing the production level from one period to the next. • Cost for changing size of workforce-advertise positions; interview prospective employees, and training new hires; • Assumed to be linear; Fig 3-2 Cost of Changing the Size of the Workforce