PART #1: The chart below shows the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and committed customer orders for a new MP3 Player you manufacture. Based on this information calculate Available to Promise (ATP.)

Discrete ATP Calculation
MP3 Player	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
MPS BI=25	250	300	350	300	300	250	200	100
Committed Customer Orders	200	350	350	325	250	275	175	110

PART #2:

To make your product you use 2 machines in sequence, machine A first for 15 minutes and then machine B for 20 minutes. Youre currently using a chase production strategy and demand is expect to be 450 this month and 500 next month.

1. In what weeks are you available to promise more than 0 MP3 players?

Weeks 3 and 7

Weeks 2, 4, and 6

Weeks 5 and 7

Weeks 1 and 8

2.To make your product you use 2 machines in sequence, machine A first for 15 minutes and then machine B for 20 minutes. Youre currently using a chase production strategy and demand is expect to be 450 this month and 500 next month.

The production plan for this product would be_____ for the first month and_____ for the second month. Please answer in numeric form.

3. Which of the following statements regarding bottlenecks is true?

Neither machine is a bottleneck.

Machine A is a bottleneck but Machine B is not.

Machine B is a bottleneck but Machine A is not.

Both machines are bottlenecks.

4.The bottle neck in this equation lasts for_____ minutes, which means you can produce______ machines per hour. Please answer in numeric form.

5. Assuming 20 work days in a month and 8 hours per work day, is your production plan feasible? (it must be feasible for both months).

Yes

No