Question 1

What quantity is available for commitment to new customers in either of the first two periods?

Accepted Answer

A) 21 
B) 1 
C) 20 
D) 4 
E) impossible to say without more information 
A) 21 
B) 1 
C) 20 
D) 4 
E) impossible to say without more information

Question 2

What are total costs for the six periods?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are total costs for the six...

Question 3

Aggregate planning is intermediate-range capacity planning that typically covers a time horizon of one to three months.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the master production schedule, production is planned for the next period whenever the available-to-promise quantity becomes negative.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following would not be a strategy associated with adjusting aggregate capacity to meet expected demand?

Accepted Answer

A) subcontract 
B) vary the size of the workforce 
C) vary the intensity of workforce utilization 
D) allow inventory levels to vary 
E) use backorders 
A) subcontract 
B) vary the size of the workforce 
C) vary the intensity of workforce utilization 
D) allow inventory levels to vary 
E) use backorders

Question 6

The goal of aggregate planning is to achieve a production plan that attempts to balance the organization's resources and meet expected demand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following steps is necessary to ensure that a master schedule is valid?

Accepted Answer

A) worker scheduling 
B) order promising 
C) inventory counting 
D) order booking 
E) rough-cut capacity planning 
A) worker scheduling 
B) order promising 
C) inventory counting 
D) order booking 
E) rough-cut capacity planning

Question 8

Given the projected demands for the next six months, prepare an aggregate plan that uses inventory, regular time and overtime, and backorders.The plan must wind up with no units in ending inventory in Period 6.Regular time capacity is 150 units per month.Overtime capacity is 20 units per month.Overtime cost is $30 per unit, backorder cost is $20 per unit, inventory holding cost is $5 per unit, regular time cost of $20 per unit, and beginning inventory is zero.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Master schedulers are employed primarily by service organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Aggregate planning is used to establish general levels of employment, output, and inventories over an intermediate-range of time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

One option for altering the pattern of demand is:

Accepted Answer

A) backorders 
B) overtime 
C) part-time workers 
D) inventories 
E) subcontracting 
A) backorders 
B) overtime 
C) part-time workers 
D) inventories 
E) subcontracting

Question 12

Essentially, the output of aggregate planning is the:

Accepted Answer

A) marketing plan 
B) production plan 
C) rough-cut capacity plan 
D) assignment plan 
E) material requirements plan 
A) marketing plan 
B) production plan 
C) rough-cut capacity plan 
D) assignment plan 
E) material requirements plan

Question 13

Aggregate planning requires which of the following information?

Accepted Answer

A) a forecast of expected demand 
B) current levels of inventory 
C) (a) and (b) 
D) policies regarding employment levels 
E) all of the above 
A) a forecast of expected demand 
B) current levels of inventory 
C) (a) and (b) 
D) policies regarding employment levels 
E) all of the above

Question 14

Linear programming to produce an aggregate plan:

Accepted Answer

A) will produce the best plan if accurate inputs are used 
B) is the most widely used technique 
C) (a) and (b) 
D) will produce a plan that may not be the best plan 
E) requires an excel spread sheet 
A) will produce the best plan if accurate inputs are used 
B) is the most widely used technique 
C) (a) and (b) 
D) will produce a plan that may not be the best plan 
E) requires an excel spread sheet

Question 15

Which of the following is an input to aggregate planning?

Accepted Answer

A) beginning inventory 
B) forecasts for each period of the schedule 
C) customer orders 
D) all of the above 
E) quantity discounts 
A) beginning inventory 
B) forecasts for each period of the schedule 
C) customer orders 
D) all of the above 
E) quantity discounts

Question 16

Use either the transportation method or linear programming to develop an optimum aggregate plan, given the following data:

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Linear programming models yield the optimal solution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

After the first period of the planning horizon, available-to-promise is computed only for those periods in which there is an MPS quantity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is the projected on-hand inventory at the end of period 2?

Accepted Answer

A) 21 
B) 1 
C) 12 
D) 20 
E) impossible to say without more information 
A) 21 
B) 1 
C) 12 
D) 20 
E) impossible to say without more information

Question 20

Accommodating peak demands and effectively using labor resources during periods of low demand would be the goal of aggregate planners in ....

Accepted Answer

A) Manufacturing 
B) Military 
C) Archeology 
D) Libraries 
E) Financial Services 
A) Manufacturing 
B) Military 
C) Archeology 
D) Libraries 
E) Financial Services

Exam 11: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

What quantity is available for commitment to new customers in either of the first two periods?

What are total costs for the six periods?

Aggregate planning is intermediate-range capacity planning that typically covers a time horizon of one to three months.

In the master production schedule, production is planned for the next period whenever the available-to-promise quantity becomes negative.

Which of the following would not be a strategy associated with adjusting aggregate capacity to meet expected demand?

The goal of aggregate planning is to achieve a production plan that attempts to balance the organization's resources and meet expected demand.

Which of the following steps is necessary to ensure that a master schedule is valid?

Master schedulers are employed primarily by service organizations.

Aggregate planning is used to establish general levels of employment, output, and inventories over an intermediate-range of time.

One option for altering the pattern of demand is:

Essentially, the output of aggregate planning is the:

Aggregate planning requires which of the following information?

Linear programming to produce an aggregate plan:

Which of the following is an input to aggregate planning?

Use either the transportation method or linear programming to develop an optimum aggregate plan, given the following data:

Linear programming models yield the optimal solution.

After the first period of the planning horizon, available-to-promise is computed only for those periods in which there is an MPS quantity.

What is the projected on-hand inventory at the end of period 2?

Accommodating peak demands and effectively using labor resources during periods of low demand would be the goal of aggregate planners in ....

Introduction to Operations Management

Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity

Forecasting

Product and Service Design

Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services

Process Selection and Facility Layout

Work Design and Measurement

Location Planning and Analysis

Management of Quality

Quality Control

MRP and ERP

Inventory Management

Jit and Lean Operations

Supply Chain Management

Scheduling

Project Management

Management of Waiting Lines

Linear Programming

Extension 4: Reliability

Extension 5: Decision Theory

Extension 7: Learning Curves

Extension 8: The Transportation Model

Extension 10: Acceptance Sampling

Extension 14: Maintenance

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