Care Alliance $($CA$),$ a manufacturer of emergency care kits for disaster relief, has received the annual disaster readiness plans from its major constituents and now must develop an operations plan to set production, labor, and inventory levels of its basic emergency products for the next four quarters. Demand for the kits, given below, varies with seasonal weather, political climate, and economic conditions. The average worker at CA can produce $10,000$ kits a quarter at a cost of $\backslash (\backslash$$ $9\backslash )$ per kit. The cost of holding inventory is $\backslash (\backslash$$ $2\backslash )$ per kit per quarter. Due to the medical nature of many of its products and concern for quality, hiring and firing costs are $\backslash (\backslash$$ $700\backslash )$ per worker. CA currently employs $20$ workers. Given the demand forecast below, develop a quarterly operations production plan for CA using $($a$)$ chase demand.Quarter Demand Production Inventory $\backslash$# Workers $1234\backslash$# Hired $\backslash$# Fired$($b$)$ level production.$\backslash$# Hired $\backslash$# Fired$14\mathrm{.}1.$ Care Alliance $($CA$),$ a manufacturer of emergency care kits for

disaster relief, has received the annual disaster readiness plans from

its major constituents and now must develop an operations plan to set

production, labor, and inventory levels of its basic emergency products

for the next four quarters. Demand for the kits, given below, varies with

seasonal weather, political climate, and economic conditions. The aver$-$

age worker at CA can produce $10,000$ kits a quarter at a cost of $$9$ per

kit. The cost of holding inventory is $$2$ per kit per quarter. Due to the

medical nature of many of its products and concern for quality, hiring

and firing costs are $$700$ per worker. CA currently employs $20$ workers.

Given the demand forecast below, develop a quarterly operations pro$-$

duction plan for CA using $($a$)$ chase demand and $($b$)$ level production: