Question: In an aggregate plan, the ending inventory in June is 240 units. The demand forecast in July is 1,350 units, and safety stock in July

  1. In an aggregate plan, the ending inventory in June is 240 units. The demand forecast in July is 1,350 units, and safety stock in July is 440 units. The production requirements in units are equal to:

    a.

    1,150

    b.

    1,350

    c.

    1,550

    d.

    2,030

    e.

    none of the above.

    2. Rough-cut capacity plan (RCCP) is used to:
    a.

    plan capacity according to demand forecast.

    b.

    validate capacity resources required for material requirements plan.

    c.

    validate capacity resources required for capacity requirements plan.

    d.

    validate capacity resources required for master demand schedule.

    e.

    validate capacity resources required for short-term schedule.

    3. According to the product structure tree for Bell laptops on p. 4 of the lecture materials on Master Scheduling and Bill of Materials (week 6), how many memory units (01-memory) are required to produce 140 Bell 4000 Laptops (01-bell-4000) and 220 Bell 8000 laptops (01-bell-8000)?
  2. a.

    1,810

    b.

    1,520

    c.

    1,360

    d.

    360

    e.

    none of the above.

    4. The required hours to produce item C in week 5 are 330 hours. The available capacity to produce item C is 420 hours. The capacity in this case is:
  3. a.

    underutilized.

    b.

    overutilized.

    c.

    either underutilized or overutilized.

    d.

    all of the above may be true.

    e.

    none of the above is true.

    5.Exponential smoothing is being used to forecast demand. The previous period forecast is 56 and the actual demand is 52. With a smoothing constant (alpha) equal to 0.3, the forecast for the next period will be
  4. a.

    15.4

    b.

    30.8

    c.

    48.3

    d.

    53.2

    e.

    54.8

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