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a. Using your own words, elaborate on the main differences between top-down planning and bottom-up planning. (5 points) b. What are the advantages to a firm of coordinating its S&OP process with key supply chain partners? What are the potential drawbacks? (5 points) c. Consider the following sales forecast for products A, B, and C: Sales Forecasts MONTH July August September October November December - Planning values: Each unit of product A takes 1.2 labor hours, while each unit of product B takes 2.8 hours, and each unit of product C takes 4.2 hours. B . PRODUCT A 1.050 1.100 1.080 1.050 1.150 1.250 1 2 PRODUCT B 800 750 810 780 750 850 What is the combined (aggregate) sales forecast for combinations of the 2 products based on the following rules. (4 points) 3 4 5 The combination is based on your last digit of Student ID, and consult this table: Last Digit Combination Combination Last Digit Student ID Student ID A & B B&C A&C A & B B & C PRODUCT C 130 150 170 180 150 130 TV 6 7 8 9 0 A & C A & B B & C A & C A & B If this were the only information you had, would you expect resource requirements to increase or decrease from July to December? (2 points) Use the planning value information to calculate total labor hour requirements in each month of the 2 products. Compare your calculation to your answer of the previous part. (2 points) Would top-down palling or bottom-up planning be better suited to S&OP in this situation? Explain! (2 points)