When scheduling material in production, one uses actual customer orders, not forecasts

True

False

When scheduling people, one bases the schedule on historical information or forecasts for how many people are required to cover demand

True

False

Inventory that will never be sold is called

		Pipeline
		Surplus
		Obsolete
		Raw

The planned amount of inventory that protects against fluctuations in supply and demand is called

		Queue time
		Batch Manufacturing
		Safety Stock
		Pipeline inventory

Inventory is an input to MRP

True

False

The rate at which the customer orders is called

		Cycle Time
		Takt time
		Demonstrated capacity
		Theoretical Capacity

The step that examines the sales volume by mix and compares to the demonstrated capacity of the resource is part of

		Sales and operations planning
		Marketing
		Scheduling
		Quality control

One should schedule to the theoretical capacity

True

False

Level, stable, smooth scheduling is called

		Heijunka
		Kaizen
		Jidoka
		Poka-yoke

The availability of scarce resources affects allocation of those resources

True

False

The Bullwhip effect is desirable

True

False