Demand for a power steering gear assembly is given by Gear 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Demand 14 12 12 13 5 90 20 20 20 20 Currently there are 50 parts on hand. The lot-sizing rule is, again, fixed order period using two periods. Lead time is three periods. (a) Determine the planned order release schedule for the gear. 152 PartI TheLessonsofHistory (b) Supposeeachgearassemblyrequirestwopinions.Currentlythereare100pinionson hand,thelot-sizingruleislot-for-lot,andtheleadtimeistwoperiods.Determinethe grossrequirementsandthentheplannedorderreleasescheduleforpinions. (c) Supposemanagementdecreasesthedemandforecastforthefirstperiodto12.What happenstotheplannedorderreleasescheduleforgears?Whathappenstotheplanned orderreleasescheduleforpinions?