Exam 12: Managing Production Across the Supply Chain

Given the forecast and booked orders shown in the table, and a beginning inventory of 20, what is the available to promise inventory for the first period? There are no LOT quantity constraints. Period 1 2 3 4 Forecasted Demand 200 220 240 200 Booked Orders 190 80 30 10 Projected ending inventory Master production schedule Available to Promise

In order to calculate the ending inventory for period 42, you need to know what the ending inventory was for period 41.

Calculate the average lateness using the earliest due date criterion to determine the schedule for these five jobs. Job Process Time Due Date A 2 7 B 8 16 C 4 4 D 10 17 E 5 15

Available to promise inventory is always zero for the first week in the master production schedule.

Which of these statements is best?

-According to the table above.What is the planned order for head assemblies in Week 2?

Which of these correctly explains the relationship between available to promise inventory and the master production schedule for the first week of the schedule when production is scheduled? Note that ATP is available to promise, MPS is master production schedule, EI is ending inventory, and OB is orders booked.

Since the booked orders figure represents actual customer demand in a master schedule, that value is always less than or equal to forecasted demand.

-According to the table above.What are the net requirements for head assemblies in Week 4?

What is the average lateness of these seven jobs if they are scheduled using the earliest due date criterion? Job Process Time Due Date Job 1 15 23 Job 2 7 15 Job 3 12 34 Job 4 8 16 Job 5 11 27 Job 6 10 19 Job 7 13 28

Component J is ordered on February 1, is received, and is ready to use on February 8. Its planning lead time is seven days.

The estimated inventory level of an end item at the end of each time period is the ________.

Material requirements planning is used to manage independent demand inventory.

A manufacturing company enters 2016 with a forecast and customer orders as shown in the table. They have a beginning inventory of 25 units and a batch size of 25 units (all MPS quantities must be in multiples of 25). Complete the rest of the master production schedule by filling in the projected ending inventory, master production schedule quantity, and available to promise rows. Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 Forecast 140 150 170 190 225 275 Booked Orders 145 120 95 50 0 0 Projected Ending Inventory Master Production Schedule Available to Promise

Given the forecast and booked orders shown in the table, and a beginning inventory of 120, what is the projected ending inventory for period 4? The company operates with a lot size of 144. Period 1 2 3 4 Forecasted Demand 500 450 400 600 Booked Orders 520 400 325 450 Projected ending inventory Master production schedule Available to Promise

Distribution requirements planning is used to synchronize supply chain partners at the production activity control level.

What are three advantages of using an MRP system?

The longer the production and supplier lead times, the ________ the MPS record's ________ should be.

-According to the table above.What are the net requirements for whiskers in Week 3?

What are the third, fourth, and fifth jobs in a critical ratio sequence? Job Process Time Due Date Job 1 15 23 Job 2 7 15 Job 3 12 34 Job 4 8 16 Job 5 11 27 Job 6 10 19 Job 7 13 28