The main tool this week is Material Requirements Planning (MRP).

1.PIMS, Inc., has been manufacturing plumbing equipment since 1999. Because of the depressed economic conditions, component parts are assembled in batch runs. At any given time, each level of production has several partially assembled components. Given the following assembly and inventory information, construct a product structure diagram for the oil leak valve, and plan the order releases necessary to assemble 400 oil leak valves for period 10.

Description of the Production Process

Production of the valve begins with the base. The base is placed and secured in a housing. Ball bearings are then installed on opposing sides of the base housing. The rear base cover is fitted on and held while the front cover is secured with U-bolts. Next, the anchor assembly is connected. Finally, two sets of brackets are screwed on and the oil leak valve is checked before shipping.

Assumethe use of the multiple of fixed lot sizes technique.

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