Question: Please prepare MPS and also ATP. Please dont attempt the answer if only do one part. Thank you. i will upvote your effort Syarikat Bixby

Please prepare MPS and also ATP. Please dont

Please prepare MPS and also ATP. Please dont attempt the answer if only do one part. Thank you. i will upvote your effort

Syarikat Bixby assembles fogging machines which are used to sanitize offices and retail outlets. Production wants to prepare a master production schedule for July 2020. Marketing has forecasted demand of 340 machines for July 2020. The forecast is 80 units for each of the first two periods and 60 units for each of the next three periods. The starting inventory is 20 units. The company uses a chase strategy for determining the production lot size, except there is an upper limit on the lot size of 70 units. Also, the desired safety stock is 10 units. Confirmed customer orders are as follows: Week 1 2 3 4 5 Customer orders 82 80 60 40 20 Required: a) Explain the relationship between aggregate planning and the master production schedule (MPS). b) Prepare a MPS and determine the available-to-promise (ATP) quantities for each week. Note: The ATP quantities are based on maximum allowable production and do not include safety stock

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