Realizing that they were early in the production phase of a new office building downtown, the architects' main purpose was to simply provide a broad production, inventory, and human resource schedule to the office building's owners for their approval. This type of planning is generally considered
A) master production scheduling.
B) aggregate planning.
C) strategic planning.
D) tactical planning.
E) material requirements planning.

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Aggregate planning is the process of developing, analyzing, and maintaining a preliminary, approximate schedule of the overall operations of an organization. In this scenario, the architects are creating a broad schedule that includes production, inventory, and human resources, which aligns with the goals of aggregate planning.

Realizing That They Were Early in the Production Phase of a New