Exam 15: Operations Planning and Scheduling

Based on the sales and operations plan for a service provider,the next planning level is:

Table 15.9 Auto Data produces custom engineering testing equipment.The following five orders are currently in the design department (all times are shown in weeks): -Use the information in Table 15.9.What is the average past due (in weeks)using the FCFS rule?

The planning horizon for a sales and operations plan is typically:

________ are products or services having similar resource requirements but different demand cycles.

The ________ is a schedule that specifies the timing and size of production quantities for each product in the product family.

The intermediate link between the business plan and the MPS is the:

Table 15.2 Archie Toys is a retailer operating out of Wichita,Kansas.It experiences a seasonal demand pattern for its services.Labor requirements over a typical six-month period follow.The workforce requirements (expressed as number of employees)are given in the following table for the next six periods. Costs associated with operations are as follows: Wages = $800 per worker per month Hiring cost = $300 per worker Layoff cost = $200 per worker The current workforce level is nine workers,and the undertime is paid for.Use the spreadsheet approach and the preceding data to answer the following questions. -Use the information in Table 15.2.Suppose that overtime is allowed up to 25% of the regular-time capacity,and that overtime wages are 150% of the regular-time rate.The total cost of the level strategy with overtime and undertime,which also minimizes undertime,is:

Which one of the following statements concerning sales and operations planning alternatives is best?

A product family is a group of customers,services,or products that have similar demand requirements and common processes,labor,and materials requirements.

Table 15.8 Suppose that the following five jobs must be scheduled through a car repair facility (all times are shown in days): -Use the information in Table 15.8.Which job will be the first one completed if scheduling is done using the first-come,first-served (FCFS)rule?

Table 15.7 The framing department has six jobs waiting to be processed.It is now time zero and all jobs are ready to begin.Each has only one operation remaining.All jobs arrived at the same time,and FCFS begins with job A,then B,etc. -Using the information in Table 15.7 and the earliest due date (EDD)rule,what is the average days past due?