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Describe the tactics for load smoothing in MRP.

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A grill assembly takes 20 washers. Instead of listing these washers separately, they are grouped into a single kit for production. How is the bill of material for the washers classified?

A) phantom bill
B) component bill
C) modular bill
D) low-level bill
E) planning bill

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Planning bills of material are bills of material for "kits" of expensive items such as CPUs and motherboards.

The quantity required of a dependent demand item is computed from the demand for the final products in which the item is used.

Audrey Ross, operations manager for BCD Technologies, must schedule work for the next five days. Each unit takes 20 minutes to process. Available capacity is 8 hours per day. The production order quantities are 18, 28, 38, 16, and 20 for Monday through Friday, respectively. What should be the plan for Wednesday?

A material requirements plan contains information with regard to all of the following EXCEPT:

DRP pushes inventory through the system.

If X consists of one A and one B, and each A consists of one F and two Gs, then A is the "parent" component of G.

Capacity planning in closed-loop MRP:

What lot-sizing technique is generally preferred when inventory holding costs are extremely high?

Explain the difference between a gross requirements plan and a net requirements plan.

________ strategically alters lead times and precisely places safety stock within the BOM structure to improve MRP performance.

In MRP, the number of units projected to be available at the beginning of each time period refers to:

A manufacturing company is trying to determine the cost of materials used to produce an A. If Ds cost $3 and Fs cost $5, how much does it cost to produce an A (in D and F materials only)?

By convention, what is the top level in a product structure?

Product A is made from 2 Bs and 1 C. Lead times for A, B, and C are 2, 1, and 2 weeks respectively. Currently there are 2 Bs and 5 Cs on hand, with 5 of each scheduled to arrive at the end of week 1. If 20 As are needed during week 3, can the order be completed (it is the start of week 0 currently)?

Smoothing a resource requirements profile to stay within capacity limits may increase setup costs.

________ are the result of adjusting gross requirements for inventory on hand and scheduled receipts.

Wheeled Coach uses ________ as the catalyst for low inventory, high quality, tight schedules, and accurate records.

The time-phased product structure, unlike the bill of material, adds the concept of lead times.