Exam 12: Managing Production Across the Supply Chain

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

A(n)________ is a record or graphical rendering that shows how all the subassemblies,intermediates,parts,and raw materials are put together to make the Level 0 item.

Given the forecast and booked orders shown in the table,and a beginning inventory of 25,what is the master production schedule quantity for period 4?

In a bill of material,a parent may have many children but a child may have only one parent.

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.

Given the forecast and booked orders shown in the table,and a beginning inventory of 75,what is the available to promise inventory for period 4? The company operates with a lot size of 50.

Given the forecast and booked orders shown in the table,and a beginning inventory of 12,complete this master production schedule.The company operates with a lot size of 144.

With a beginning inventory of zero for all components and finished items,how many assembly E's are needed to produce 20 product X's with the product structure tree as shown below?

Explain all of the information that is provided by a master schedule.

Given the forecast and booked orders shown in the table,and a beginning inventory of 120,what is the MPS for period 4? The company operates with a lot size of 144.

Which of the following statements regarding master production scheduling calculations is BEST?

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

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?

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

________ is a tool that can be used to synchronize supply chain partners at the master production schedule level.

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

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

MRP uses backward scheduling.

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

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.