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(1)
__________________ calculates the timing and quantities of material orders needed to support the master schedule.
[A]
Sale and operations planning
[B]
Distribution requirements planning
[C]
Material requirements planning
[D]
Master production schedule
Answer: Material requirements planning
(2)
Which of the following lot-sizing techniques is likely to prove the most complex to use?
[A]
Part period balancing (PPB)
[B]
The Wagner-Whitin algorithm
[C]
Economic order quantity (EOQ)
[D]
Lot-for-lot
Answer: The Wagner-Whitin algorithm
(3)
__________________ is a time phased approach to managing the physical distribution environment with dependent demand logic.
[A]
Master production schedule
[B]
Distribution requirements planning
[C]
Sale and operations planning
[D]
Material requirements planning
Answer: Distribution requirements planning
(4)
The list of quantities of components, ingredients, and materials required to produce a product is the
[A]
Bill-of-materials.
[B]
Engineering change notice.
[C]
Purchase order.
[D]
Master schedule.
Answer: Bill-of-materials.
(5)
When a bill-of-materials is used in order to assign an artificial parent to a bill-of-materials, it is usually called a
[A]
Phantom bill-of-materials.
[B]
Planning bill-of-materials.
[C]
Modular bill-of-materials.
[D]
Pick list.
Answer: Planning bill-of-materials.
(6)
__________________ can be seen as the amount of new inventory created by production.
[A]
Scheduled receipts
[B]
Gross requirements
[C]
Planning horizon
[D]
Available to promise
Answer: Available to promise
(7)
A lot-sizing technique that generates exactly what was required to meet the plan is
[A]
The Wagner-Whitin algorithm.
[B]
Economic order quantity.
[C]
Lot-for-lot.
[D]
Part period balancing.
(8)
The operations manager has several tools available to deal with MRP system nervousness. Those tools are
[A]
Pseudo bills and kits.
[B]
Time fences and pegging.
[C]
Buckets with back flush.
[D]
Net and gross requirements.
Answer: Time fences and pegging.
(9)
___________________ is the amount of materials necessary to support production of the required output in the next higher level in the bill of materials.
[A]
Planning horizon
[B]
Available to promise
[C]
Net requirements
[D]
Gross requirements
Answer: Gross requirements
(10)
Breaking up the order and running part of it ahead of schedule is known as
[A]
Operations splitting.
[B]
Lot splitting.
[C]
Pegging.
[D]
Overlapping.