Exam 11: Resource Planning

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 E are required to produce 33 end items?

________ is a technique used for projecting time-phased capacity requirements for workstations.

In MRP, a(n) ________ is any item manufactured from one or more components.

________ is an estimate of the amount of inventory available each week after gross requirements have been satisfied.

________ ties the basic MRP system to the company's financial system.

Entering new information in the database of an ERP system is a:

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. Mutt decides to operate on a level MPS plan for weeks 1 through 4. What MPS quantity brings them into week 5 with the same ATP as if they had adopted a more traditional approach?

Can MRP be adapted for use in services and, if so, how would it work?

Which of the following is not an example of dependent demand items?

The bill of resources (BOR) is a record of parent-component relationships and all the required materials, equipment time, staff, and other resources needed, including the usage quantities.

Scenario 11.1 Sunshine Manufacturing produces three products: X, Y, Z. The production of these end items is controlled by an MRP system. Each end item X is assembled with two components of A and one component of B. Each end item of Y is assembled with two components of C and one component of A. End item Z is assembled from one unit of D and one unit of C; D is manufactured from one unit of A; and C is manufactured from one unit of B. -Use the information in Scenario 11.1. Which of the following sequences is an acceptable way to process the inventory records for components A, B, C, and D?

The service analogy to the bill of materials in a manufacturing company is the bill of:

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

In MRP, a(n) ________ is an item that may go through one or more operations to be transformed into or become part of one or more parents.

The master production schedule (MPS) is the part of the material requirements planning that specifies when components must be ordered or assembled.

If the demand for an independent demand item is continuous and uniform, so will the planned order releases of its components.

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

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. In week 1 the inventory manager discovers, much to his horror, that instead of 65 tacos in inventory, they have only 5 tacos. They had already planned to make exactly what they needed, based on the erroneous inventory number of 65 and they can't alter their week 1 schedule. How many tacos do they need to have on their MPS for the second week of production to correct their shortfall, fulfill backorders, and move forward through the rest of the production period?

Use the following MRP record to answer the question. Which one of the statements concerning item LMN is True?

Which best defines the gross requirements for a component item?