A development team normally include of engineers, software, designers, marketing and sales. Allocating resources and plan timing is key in product planning process.

Based on TABLE 2,

a) calculate and draw a Capacity Utilization bar-chart of the engineers for Year 3 ONLY (10 points)

b) Interpret the data in TABLE 2 and draw SIX (6) conclusions in relation to aggregate resource planning between Year 2 and Year 3. (10 points)

c) Justify the benefits of aggregate resource planning in relation to the scenario given in TABLE 2

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