Exam 11: Resource Planning

Companies that fully customize their ERP implementation reap the greatest rewards from such systems since they can continue to use the same processes to which all employees are accustomed.

Which of the following statements about MRP II is best?

Which statement on MRP explosion is best?

Complete the following MPS Record.

What are the differences and similarities among material requirements planning, manufacturing resource planning, and enterprise resource planning systems?

The projected on-hand inventory in the MPS takes into account customer orders (booked) as well as the MPS quantities.

Complete the following MRP record using the POQ rule.

The projected on-hand inventory in the MPS takes into account scheduled receipts, but not planned receipts.

The lot-for-lot (L4L) rule minimizes inventory investment but it also maximizes the number of ________.

Scenario 11.2 Inventory amounts indicated in the table are available to produce the end item indicated in this bill of materials. -Use Figure Scenario 11.2 to answer this question. How many additional units of P are needed to produce ten end items?

An example of a dependent demand item for services is a(n):

A companywide process that cuts across traditional functional areas, business units, geographic regions, and product lines is a(n):

A firm's existing, older information system is called a "legacy system."

MRP II ties MRP to the company's financial system.

Table 11.2 Mutts Amazing Dogs has developed the following demand forecast for The Pitbull, a spicy concoction graced by pepperjack cheese, serrano, habanero, poblano and jalapeno peppers, onion, and a cilantro-lime aioli. They enter the planning period with 20 hotdogs in inventory as shown in Week 0. A few customers have standing orders for hotdogs and they have booked catering events over the next two months. They buy their hotdogs in packages of ten just like you and me. -Use Table 11.2 to answer this question. What is their available to promise inventory for week 4?

A(n) ________ is a record that divides the future into time periods called time buckets.

Scenario 11.3 Use this bill of materials and inventory records to answer the questions. -Use Scenario 11.3 to answer this question. How many additional units of F are required to produce 17 end items?

Table 11.2 Mutts Amazing Dogs has developed the following demand forecast for The Pitbull, a spicy concoction graced by pepperjack cheese, serrano, habanero, poblano and jalapeno peppers, onion, and a cilantro-lime aioli. They enter the planning period with 20 hotdogs in inventory as shown in Week 0. A few customers have standing orders for hotdogs and they have booked catering events over the next two months. They buy their hotdogs in packages of ten just like you and me. -Use Table 11.2 to answer this question. The sales manager realizes that he shifted a decimal point for week 3; instead of customer orders for 30, they actually have customer orders for 300. "My bad," he says to no one in particular. The production manager retreats to the sanctity of his office and after dismembering his sales-manager voodoo doll, sets about making things right. What's the proper MPS quantity for week 3 now that the orders are straightened out?

Table 11.1 Big Truck Tacos has developed the following forecast of demand and accepted orders for their holiday tacos as they enter the Taco Festival Season. They enter the planning period with 65 holiday tacos in inventory as shown in Week 0. -Use Table 11.1 to answer this question. After scoring a terrific deal on tortillas, Big Truck Tacos decides to produce 120 tacos in weeks 1, 2, and 3. What is their projected on-hand inventory for week 4?

Use the following partially completed MRP record to answer the question. What is the planned order release quantity in week 4?