Question: Part 1: Use the provided MRP template to develop a 6-week manufacturing resource plan (MRP), given the following information: The finished product being produced requires

Part 1:Use the provided MRP template to develop a 6-week manufacturing resource plan (MRP), given the following information:

  • The finished product being produced requires 1 of component A, 2 of component B, and 0.5 of component C.
  • The production plan is to have in inventory, ready for sale, 100 units by the end of each of weeks 1-3 and 200 of the finished units by the end of weeks 4-6.
  • All the components A, B, and C must be available at the beginning of the planned production week.
  • Lead times from the vendors for A, B, and C are 1, 2, and 3 weeks respectively
  • Production takes 1 week.

(For example, would want necessary quantities of A,B, and C in the factory on Monday morning so that the finished units would be available for sale at the end of that same week.)

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