\begin{tabular}{cc} \hline Quarter & Forecast \\ \hline 1 & 1,700 \\ 2 & 1,200 \\ 3 & 1,500 \\ 4 & 1,000 \\ \hline \end{tabular} More Info Southeast Soda Pop, Inc., has a new fruit drink for which it has high hopes. John Mittenthal, the production planner, has assembled the following cost data and demand forecast: Click the icon to view the demand forecast. Click the icon to view the cost data. John's job is to develop an aggregate plan. The three initial options he wants to evaluate are: - Plan A: a strategy that hires and fires personnel as necessary to meet the forecast. - Plan B: a level strategy. - Plan C: a level strategy that produces 1,000 cases per quarter and meets the forecast demand with inventory and subcontracting. a) Which strategy is the lowest-cost plan? Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the forecast) as necessary (enter your responses as whole numbers)