supply chain-

Customer Order Manager Kenny has recieved a request from a customer on how many units of a certain product he could deliver in week 1. In their manufacturing facility, the company works with frozen time periods of six weeks. The production quantity is 10 000 units, the lead time to finish their products is 3 weeks and they use a safety time of 1 week. However, the lead time to most of their customers is within a week.

2e. What is the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) for the forecast during the six first weeks?

units ?

In addition what has already been reserved (see above), let's assume Kenny receives an order of 2000 units for delivery in week 7 and another 2500 units for delivery in week 8. This order is agreed in week 1. Kenny runs some forecast tests and estimates 3600 units for week 7. According to the table above, production is planned for week 1 and week 4.

2f. After week 4, in what week must production be available in order to meet the demand?

(week number)?

2g. In reference to question 2f above, what should the planned production be?

units?

2h. In reference to questions 2f-g, what is the PAB for week 7?

units?

2i. In reference to questions 2f-g, what is the PAB for week 8?

units?

Week Forecast Reservations Planed production 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3000 3900 3200 3900 4500 3000 2500 3800 3300 4000 4000 4000 12001000 10000 10000 Projected Available Balance, PAB 6000 13500 9700 6400 12400 8400 4400 3200 2200 Available To Promise, ATP