$1.$ How will you prepare yourself to start selling?$($You have $4$ periods to prime the pipeline before sales start$)$

$2.$ Will you source from both plants?$$ Why, and if so$,$ how much and when?

$3.$ What is your strategic allocation?$$ Specifically, when the orders D$($t$)$ for period t are revealed, how will you react and prepare for the next period.$$ What order will you place to Mexico and what order to China?$$ The strategic allocation is key in setting up the sourcing relationship and includes the total number of units you expect to order over the product life cycle and how the aggregate order would be allocated to each store $($i$.$e$.,$ the $\%$ allocated to each source captures supplier shares$).$