Question: Following table shows the forecasts and customer orders for two products. table [ [ , Week ] , [ , 1 , 2 ,

Following table shows the forecasts and customer orders for two products.
\table[[,Week],[,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,],[\table[[Product],[1]],Forecast,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,],[Customer orders,8,1,4,5,4,1,4,-,],[\table[[Product],[2]],Forecast,1,000,1,000,1,000,1,000,2,000,2,000,2,000,2,000,],[Customer orders,1,200,800,300,200,100,-,-,-,]]
Products 1 and 2 are manufactured in batches (or multiples of batches if needed) of 12 and 2,500 units, respectively. At the beginning of the first week, 10 units of product 1 and 1,600 units of product 2 are available.
(a) For each product, determine the MPS and POH values of the weeks.
(b) For product 1, determine the ATP-discrete values of the weeks. Can the sales department promise to a new customer order of four units in week 5? If not, what can be done?
(c) For product 2, determine the ATP without look-ahead and the ATP with look-ahead values of the weeks.
 Following table shows the forecasts and customer orders for two products.

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