course name: purchasing&material mgt

The following lists the forecasts and actual customer orders for the next 12 weeks: 5 Week Forecast Customer Orders 1 90 105 2 120 97 3 110 4 80 72 6 95 85 98 93 72 Company "Acme" has decided to use a demand time fence at the end of week 3 and has also found out that its current inventory is 25 units. Assume that Acme will use the MPS lot size of 300 and that it will produce the first of these lots in week 1. a) Develop a master schedule using the information above. b) A customer has just requested a major order of 45 pumps for delivery in week 4. What would you tell the customer about having such an order? actual ks: 4 5 80 85 72 98 6 95 72 7 100 8 110 ) 9 90 17 10 90 6 12 110 100 2 53 21 5 a demand has also s 25 units. lot size of of these lots the najor order of at would you an order