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Chapter 6
Chase Production Strategy:
Level Production Strategy:
Knowledge Check:
1. Which production planning strategy maintains a core workforce while using overtime,
temporary, or part-time workers to manage demand fluctuations?
a. Mixed production
strategy
b. Level production
strategy
c. No strategy exists that varies production to
match demand
d. Chase production
strategy
2. Which production planning strategy varies production to match demand?
a. Chase production
strategy
b. Level production
strategy
c. Mixed production
strategy
d. No strategy exists that varies production to
match demand
3. Which production strategy is best suited for firms needing highly skilled labor where hiring and
training costs are high?
a. The chase production
strategy
b. The aggregate production
strategy
c. Level production
strategy
d. Mixed production
strategy
4. Which of the following is very detailed and specifies the end-product to be made, how many
units are required and when they need to be completed?
a. Master production
schedule
b. Capacity requirements
schedule
c. Bill of
materials
d. Aggregate production
schedule
5. Which of the following shows the parent-component relationships and the exact quantity of
each component required for making a higher-level part?
a. Resource
Requirement Plan
b. Distribution
Requirement Plan
c. Master Production
Schedule
d. Bill of
Materials
6. Which of the following describes the material requirements plan (MRP)?
a.
The detailed planning process for the required component parts to support the
master production schedule
b. The time-phased net requirements from central supply warehouses and
regional distribution centers.
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c. It shows the quantity and timing of the end items that
will be produced.
d. A long-range
materials plan
7. To check the feasibility of the Master Production Schedule, one would look to the:
a. Rough-Cut Capacity
Plan
b. Capacity
Requirement Plan
c. Distribution
Requirement Plan
d. Material
Requirement Plan
8.
Calculate the final discrete available-to-promise quantity for Week 1 using the following table.
Golf Cart Engine Model X
Weeks
1
2
3
4
5
MPS
BI = 25
10
10
15
15
5
Committed Customer Orders
20
5
25
15
10
ATP:D
a. ATP
1
=
5
b. ATP1 =
10
c. ATP1 =
15
d. ATP1 =
0
9.
Given the following product structure diagram, determine how many legs will be needed to
make 100 chairs.
TEXTUAL QUESTION:
The Bill of Materials
Draw a chart similar to an organization chart as follows:
Draw a rectangle at the top – Label this Chair.
Draw 2 rectangles underneath the Chair rectangle. Label these Leg Assembly (2 needed) and Seat
(1 needed).
Draw an arrow from Chair rectangle to Leg Assembly rectangle.
Draw an arrow from Chair rectangle to Seat rectangle.
Draw 3 rectangles underneath the Leg Assembly rectangle. Label these Posts (4 needed) and Foot
Rests (1 needed) and Legs (2 needed).
Draw an arrow from Leg Assembly rectangle to Posts rectangle.
Draw an arrow from Leg Assembly rectangle to Foot Rests rectangle.
Draw an arrow from Leg Assembly rectangle to Legs rectangle.
a.
100
b.
200
c.
300
d.
400
10.
Complete the following MRP record and provide the planned order releases for Week 2. Lead
time is 2 weeks. The required safety stock is 6. Use LFL lot sizes.
a.
0
b.
18
c.
40
d.
53
11. Which of the following is a time-phased finished-goods inventory replenishment plan in a
distribution network?
a. Distribution
resource plan
b. Discrete available-to-
promise plan
c. Aggregate
distribution plan
d. Distribution
requirements plan
12. Which of the following was a limitation of the legacy MRP systems?
a. The systems accessed real-time information on
available capacities
b. The systems linked to internal operations to the
financial function
c.
The systems were designed to perform a very specific
operational function
d. All of
these
13. Which of the following is a reason firms are migrating to ERP systems?
a. ERP systems are successful with two-
dimensional processes
b. ERP systems are easy to implement, particularly in
large organizations
c. ERP systems are inexpensive to
implement
d. ERP systems use a centralized database system to tie the entire
organization together
14. A limitation that these systems needed continuous modifications pertains to which of the
following?
a. Distribution Requirements
system
b. Legacy MRP
system
c. Dependent demand
system
d. Enterprise Resource Planning
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system
15. While ERP is a relatively new technology, it has grown rapidly since the early 1990s. Which of
the following is a reason that has contributed to its rapid growth?
a. The year 2000
millennium bug
b. The rapid development of computer and information technology over
the last three decades
c. A recent development in ERP called cloud
computing
d. All of
these
16. Which of the following is considered an advantage/benefit of utilizing an ERP system?
a. Minimal capital investment is needed to purchase and
implement the system.
b. Increases the bullwhip
effect
c. Reduces the bullwhip
effect
d. Utilizes multiple databases in order to provide up-to-
date information
17. Which of the following systems allow changes and other modifications to be executed quickly
to minimize delivery lead times?
a. The Master Production
System
b. The Aggregate Planning
System
c. The Financial Analysis
System
d. The Enterprise Resource
Planning System
18. Enterprise systems made from applications purchased from one vendor are referred to as:
a. Single
solution
b. Single
integrator
c. Best-in-
class
d. Best-of-
breed
19. Which of the following is a disadvantage of ERP systems?
a. Time and money must be set aside to evaluate ERP applications, purchase the
system, and train the users.
b. They increase supply chain
inventories
c. They use multiple databases that must
be integrated
d. They make it more difficult to standardize
manufacturing processes
20. According to the textbook, which of the following is considered a reason that ERP
implementations fail?
a. Lack of communication between the firm and its ERP
software provider
b. Management underestimates the training required to
implement the system
c. Incompatible system
environment:
d. All of
these