Question 1

What does an advanced planning system do and what are the functions of the major components?

Accepted Answer

An advanced planning system (APS)optimizes resources across the supply chain and aligns daily operations with strategic goals.The systems typically have these components: demand planning,supply network planning,available-to-promise,and manufacturing scheduling.The demand-planning module enables companies in a supply chain to share demand forecasts.The supply-network planner contains optimization models based on linear programming to make long-term decisions such as the number and location of plants and distribution centers.The available-to-promise module checks the availability of components and materials,enabling the firm to promise delivery.The manufacturing scheduling component determines an optimal grouping and sequencing of manufacturing orders.

Question 2

What is a product family?

Accepted Answer

A product family is a group of products or services that has similar demand requirements and common processing,labor,and / or materials requirements.

Question 3

Table 10.8
Suppose that the following eight jobs must be scheduled through a car repair facility (repair times are shown in days):
  
-Use the information in Table 10.8 to answer this question.What is the flow time of car B if an SPT sequence is obeyed?

Accepted Answer

A) 31 
B) 45 
C) 41 
D) 53 
A) 31 
B) 45 
C) 41 
D) 53 C

Question 4

Firms that are most likely to use backlogs tend to have a make-to-order strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A sales and operations plan is sometimes called a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A sales and operations plan is sometimes...

Question 6

Job flow time is defined as the:

Accepted Answer

A) time of completion of a job plus the time it was available in a work station. 
B) processing time to complete a particular job. 
C) time of completion of the last job of a group minus the starting time of the first job. 
D) amount of time by which a group of jobs missed their due dates. 
A) time of completion of a job plus the time it was available in a work station. 
B) processing time to complete a particular job. 
C) time of completion of the last job of a group minus the starting time of the first job. 
D) amount of time by which a group of jobs missed their due dates.

Question 7

The Gantt chart can be used as a tool for sequencing work on machines and monitoring its progress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which one of the following conditions favors a level strategy for manufacturing firms?

Accepted Answer

A) high availability of workers 
B) short shelf life of inventory 
C) highly automated equipment and a make-to-stock strategy 
D) high inventory-holding cost 
A) high availability of workers 
B) short shelf life of inventory 
C) highly automated equipment and a make-to-stock strategy 
D) high inventory-holding cost

Question 9

Table 10.1
Bart Incorporated manufactures rotary air fans and uses a production-planning horizon of one-half year.It allows for regular time,part time,overtime,and subcontracting production to meet the demand but no more than 12 units may be made by each of these methods.Both anticipation inventory and backorders are allowed.The beginning (or current)inventory is 20 units.Their first attempt at a sales and operations plan has resulted in the following.
  
-Use the information in Table 10.1.If the firm is committed to the regular production and overtime production as shown,what level of anticipation inventory would be needed at the start of the first month to result in an ending inventory of zero after month 6?

Accepted Answer

A) 9 or fewer units 
B) 10 units to 17 units 
C) 18 units to 25 units 
D) 25 units to 32 units 
A) 9 or fewer units 
B) 10 units to 17 units 
C) 18 units to 25 units 
D) 25 units to 32 units

Question 10

Undertime is the situation that occurs when employees do not have enough productive work for the regular-time workday or workweek.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A retailer experiences a seasonal demand pattern for its services.Labor requirements over a typical six-month period follow.
   Costs associated with operations are as follows:
Wages = $2,000 per worker per month
Hiring cost = $1,000 per worker
Layoff cost = $1,500 per worker
The current workforce level is 10 workers.Use the spreadsheet approach and the preceding data to answer the following questions:
a.What is the total cost of a staffing plan,including the cost of regular wages,hiring,and layoffs using a chase strategy with hiring and layoffs,but no overtime?
b.What is the total cost of the staffing plan,using a level strategy in which no overtime is allowed and the undertime paid for?
c.Suppose that overtime is allowed up to 25% of the regular-time capacity,and that overtime wages are 150% of the regular-time rate.What is the total cost of the level strategy with overtime and undertime that also minimizes undertime?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

A rotating schedule calls for each employee to work the same days and hours each week.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The plans for the components,purchased materials,and workstations are developed in the:

Accepted Answer

A) master production scheduling process. 
B) material requirements planning process. 
C) scheduling process. 
D) constraint management process. 
A) master production scheduling process. 
B) material requirements planning process. 
C) scheduling process. 
D) constraint management process.

Question 15

How is the sales and operations planning process similar to the forecasting process?

Accepted Answer

Sales and operations planning is present

Question 16

When performing sales and operations planning,companies can aggregate products or services but not members of their workforce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Table 10.2
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 10.2.The total cost of the staffing plan,using a level strategy in which no overtime is allowed and the undertime paid for,is:

Accepted Answer

A) less than or equal to $60,000. 
B) greater than $60,000 but less than or equal to $65,000. 
C) greater than $65,000 but less than or equal to $70,000. 
D) greater than $70,000. 
A) less than or equal to $60,000. 
B) greater than $60,000 but less than or equal to $65,000. 
C) greater than $65,000 but less than or equal to $70,000. 
D) greater than $70,000.

Question 18

________ is the amount of time by which a job missed its due date.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ is the amount of time by...

Question 19

Which one of the following statements about managerial inputs to production and staffing plans is BEST?

Accepted Answer

A) Finance provides labor and machine standards. 
B) Human resources provide the training capacity and labor-market conditions. 
C) Marketing provides the schedule of sales associates. 
D) Materials provide the current staffing level. 
A) Finance provides labor and machine standards. 
B) Human resources provide the training capacity and labor-market conditions. 
C) Marketing provides the schedule of sales associates. 
D) Materials provide the current staffing level.

Question 20

The time that employees work that is longer than the regular workday or workweek for which they receive additional pay is:

Accepted Answer

A) slack time. 
B) premium. 
C) overtime. 
D) the workweek. 
A) slack time. 
B) premium. 
C) overtime. 
D) the workweek.

Exam 10: Operations Planning and Scheduling

What does an advanced planning system do and what are the functions of the major components?

What is a product family?

Table 10.8 Suppose that the following eight jobs must be scheduled through a car repair facility (repair times are shown in days): -Use the information in Table 10.8 to answer this question.What is the flow time of car B if an SPT sequence is obeyed?

Firms that are most likely to use backlogs tend to have a make-to-order strategy.

A sales and operations plan is sometimes called a(n)________.

Job flow time is defined as the:

The Gantt chart can be used as a tool for sequencing work on machines and monitoring its progress.

Which one of the following conditions favors a level strategy for manufacturing firms?

Undertime is the situation that occurs when employees do not have enough productive work for the regular-time workday or workweek.

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

A rotating schedule calls for each employee to work the same days and hours each week.

The plans for the components,purchased materials,and workstations are developed in the:

How is the sales and operations planning process similar to the forecasting process?

When performing sales and operations planning,companies can aggregate products or services but not members of their workforce.

________ is the amount of time by which a job missed its due date.

Which one of the following statements about managerial inputs to production and staffing plans is BEST?

The time that employees work that is longer than the regular workday or workweek for which they receive additional pay is:

Using Operations to Create Value

Process Strategy and Analysis

Quality and Performance

Capacity Planning

Constraint Management

Lean Systems

Project Management

Forecasting

Inventory Management

Resource Planning

Supply Chain Design

Supply Chain Logistic Networks

Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Sustainability

Decision Making

Waiting Lines

Special Inventory Models

Linear Programming

Simulation

Financial Analysis

Acceptance Sampling Plans

Measuring Output Rates

Learning Curve Analysis

Operations Scheduling

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