Question: BRANDY BOARDS - (revised problem) Brandy Boards produces circuit boards on a make-to-order basis. The company is currently planning production for one of its boards,

BRANDY BOARDS - (revised problem) Brandy Boards

BRANDY BOARDS - (revised problem) Brandy Boards produces circuit boards on a make-to-order basis. The company is currently planning production for one of its boards, the Sound Xapper. It has a weekly forecast of 50 boards, current inventory of 70 boards, and uses an MPS quantity of 150. MPS and order information for the next seven weeks are given below: a. Assume Demand Time Fence to be two weeks and Planning Time Fence to be six weeks. MPS lot size =150 a. Prepare an MPS record for the Sound Xapper for the next seven weeks, including availableto-promise information. b. What decision should the master scheduler make this week? c. Sales received the following customer requests at the start of week 1. Using the information in the MPS record completed in part (a), indicate to Sales which delivery commitments can be made to the customers. Assumes no additional MPS can be scheduled within the slushy zone (before week 7)

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