forecast. Click the icon to view the four-quarter forecast. Click the icon to view the costs relevant to the aggregate plan. Your job is to develop an aggregate plan for the next four quarters. a) Try hiring and layoffs (to meet the forecast) as necessary (enter your responses as whole numbers). The total cost, including normal time labor costs, for this hiring and layoffs plan is $304,000 (enter your response as a whole number). b) Try a plan that holds employment steady (level strategy) by producing the average forecast for all four quarters (enter your responses as whole numbers). More Info More Info