QUESTION

A production planning engineer for an automotive electrical unit (EU) needs to schedule an order for production of 100 units EU that are to be delivered to customer in week 9. Table 1.1 provides related information for each item. Numbers in bracket indicate quantity required for each parent item. Assume lot-for-lot ordering.

Table 1.1: Items and related information for EU production

a)Develop a time phased product structure for the above electrical unit (EU)

b) Develop a net material requirements plan for item F only using the table provided in Attachment I. Construct a Table

c) If the company is scheduled to receive 5 unit of component A in week 4, how will this affect the original net requirement? Calculate the revised requirement for component F. Construct the table

Item Components Lead Time (week) On-hand Inventory Electrical Unit 2 40 A 1 10 A(2), B(3), C(2) D(1), F(3) E(1), F(3) D((2), E(2) 2 B 30 10 3 3 30 D E 1 5 F 3 20 Attachment I Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ITEM: Gross requirements Scheduled receipts Projected on hand Net requirements Planned order receipts Planned order releases