Multiple Choice 1. Sales and operations planning is a stand-alone system that is used to match supply and demand using a cross-functional approach. 2. Resolving inconsistencies between supply and demand must wait until the end of the annual S&OP process. 3. Aggregate planning assumes that the facility decisions can be changed. 4. One way of leveling a seasonal demand pattern is by developing complementary products or services. 5. Facilities planning, aggregate planning, and scheduling form a hierarchy of decisions extending from long range to medium range to short range, respectively, concerning the capacity of operations. 6. The economic order quantity model is extremely useful while making decisions on order quantities in MRP systems. 7. When a company uses an ERP system, the different functional areas of the business will share a common database. 8. Throughput (T) = The rate the system generates money through sales 9. Utilization: Percentage of the time a resource is being used compared to its availability 10. A pull production allows new material into the system with no limits.