Business management notes

fCh.15

36. Material requirements planning (MRP) is a useful for all of the following except

independent demand items.

37. All of the following are inputs into the MRP process except the planned order report.

38. The product structure file lists all of the following except
a. the product’s demand.

39. A phantom bill of material is used

for subassemblies that are immediately consumed in the next stage of production.

40. A _______________ of material is used to plan the production of products with many optional features. modular bill

41. The item master file contains all the following except planned order releases.

42. The MRP process of subtracting on-hand quantities and scheduled receipts from gross requirements to produce net requirements is referred to as netting. 43. The MRP process of determining requirements for lower level items based on the master production schedule is referred to as exploding. 44. ______________ is a lot sizing technique that orders for multiple demand periods is referred to as

Periodic order quantity (POQ)

Which of the following is not a major input into capacity requirements planning (CRP)? load profiles for each work center

45. A load profile compares released and planned orders with work center capacity.

46. All of the following can be used for underloaded conditions except pushing work back.

47. Which of the following would not be used for an overloaded condition?
a. pulling work ahead

48. Given the following Product Structure Record

The number of E’s required for each A would be

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

Ans: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback: Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

49. Given the following Product Structure Record

The number of D’s required for each A would be

a. 2
b. 3
c. 6
d. 12

Ans: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback: Material