Sales managers would like to know whether their customer’s orders can be fulfilled or not. In long-term planning for the next half-year, the company has put up the master production schedule, and the sales department has offered a list of customers’ orders that have already been promised. At the beginning of the year, the company has 800 units of products in stock.

Promised orders: 1200 pieces on February 14, 1400 pieces on April 5, 450pieces on June 10.

(a) We assume that the amount planned to be produced in the master production schedule is available at the beginning of each month. Please fill the correct answers in the blanks (1) to (4) of the above table.

(b) Is the master production schedule feasible?

(c) If on January 7, a customer asks for 600 units of products to be delivered instantly. How do you react?
 

January February March April ay June Master production 600 600 600 600 450 450 schedule Allocated to customer orders 1200 1400 450 Inventory available (1) (2) (3) 800 1400 600 1050 Cumulative ATP 600 600 600 600 1050 1050 |ATP per period 600 (4)