It is the year 2000 and a few executives from various brewing companies have banded together to start a new craft brewery and sell beer in Ontario. Growth has typically slow for the first several years and then gained momentum beginning in 2004. By 2008 the company expanded nationally supplying beer to all provinces. By 2012 demand was so great that a second warehouse was opened in Calgary. Alberta to service the western provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Three years after this westward expansion a decision was taken to expand its Ontario production facilities by doubling the number of production lines in its brewery.

Given the history and company life cycle to date , explain in detail the types of planning and forecasting the company would have done as it grew.