Answer Question 2

(1) (ii) the Eight (8) factors that influence Overall level capacity and Seven (70) factors [10 Marks] that influence the location of sites 2. Operations Strategists do not just end at formulating a strategy but go beyond this exercise by developing various production plans, such as Capacity and Aggregate Production Planning (APP); (a) Briefly explain Four (4) Capacity expansion strategies (methods) commonly employed for operations. What critical roles does Aggregate Production Planning (APP) in capacity expansion and optimization. [5 Marks] (b) Zambia Sugar Company has extracted a Master Production Schedule (MPS) from the Sales and Operations Plan (S & OP) for the second quarter, for which details are presented below; Master Production Plan for 2nd Quarter -2022 April 150,000 Type 1Kg 2Kg 10Kg 50Kg Total 100,000 30,000 40,000 May 100,000 100,000 20,000 20,000 Forecasts and Customer Orders Schedule 2Kg Sugar Forecasts 170,000 Orders 130,000 120,000 100,000 30,000 40,000 June 150,000 100,000 50,000 140,000 Forecasts and Customer Orders Schedule 10Kg Sugar 80,000 Forecasts 50,000 Orders 30,000 40,000 Forecasts and Customer Orders Schedule 50Kg Sugar Forecasts 60,000 Orders 60,000 30,000 40,000 2 180,000 170,000 150,000 130,000 Sub total On Hand 20,000 10,000 30,000 Calculate sub totals for each brand of sugar, monthly totals for all types and the grand to for the entire production in the MPS for the 2nd quarter. total Deduce Available to Promise (ATP) for the types of sugar [4 Marks] [6 Marks]