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1 8 350 9 500 10 400 a. Develop the MPS for ball bearings. (Enter your responses as integers. A response of "0" is equivalent to being not applicable.) Item: Ball bearings Order Policy: 500 units Lead Time: week Quantity Week on Hand: 400 2 3 4 5 6 7 Forecast 550 250 450 500 250 400 200 Customer orders 300 350 250 300 150 200 50 (booked) Projected on-hand inventory MPS quantity 500 100 150 100 b. Four customer orders arrived in the following sequence: Order 1 Quantity 400 400 300 300 Week Desired 4 5 2 3 1 4 7 Assume that you commit to the orders in the sequence of arrival and cannot change the desired shipping dates or your MPS. Which orders should you accept? Order number 1 be accepted. Order number 2 be accepted. be accepted. Order number 3 Order number 4 be accepted