Exam 13: Managing Production Across the Supply Chain

Material requirements planning is performed over a shorter time frame and greater level of detail than master scheduling.

MRP uses backward scheduling.

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

MRP nervousness refers to the notion that a small change at the top of a bill of material can have drastic effects on items farther down the bill of material.

Consider the product structure tree shown below: -With a beginning inventory of zero for all components and finished items,how many assembly Es are needed to produce 20 product Xs?

If a job has a negative critical ratio then it must be early.

Describe the scope,inputs,and outputs of sales and operations planning,master scheduling,and MRP.

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

The planning technique that uses the master production schedule to monitor key resource requirements is:

Explain in layman's terms all of the information that is provided by a master schedule.

Material requirements planning is used to manage independent demand inventory.

Using this MRP record and a lead time of 3 weeks,what should the planned orders be in week 1?

In material requirements planning,units already on order are referred to as ________ receipts and new orders are termed ________ receipts.

Distribution requirements planning is identical to material requirements planning except instead of gross requirements,a DRP record shows forecasted demand.

RFID tags can be used instead of a bar code system to trace the movement and location of materials.

From a revenue standpoint,a producer would rather have higher forecasted demand than booked orders.

A unit that is not been sold or otherwise committed to any other customer should be considered available to promise.

Forecasts in a company using a distribution requirements planning system are typically based on:

Consider the product structure tree shown below: -Assume that the company using this product structure tree has 5 items each at the 0 level,10 items each at the 1 level and 20 items each at the 2 level.How many units of A,B,and E will the company need to acquire in order to ship an order of 20 X's?

________ translates the master schedule for final products into detailed requirements.