Statement $1$: Objective to sales and operations planning is to establish a company$-$wide game plan for allocating resources.

Statement $2$: Sales and operations planning develops an economic strategy for meeting demand.

a Statement $1$ is correct only

b Statement $2$ is correct only

c Statement $1$ and $2$ are correct and Statement $2$ is the correct explanation of Statement $1.$

d Statement $1$ and $2$ are correct and Statement $2$ is NOT the correct explanation of Statement $1.$