Advanced planning and scheduling systems determine the optimal schedule by eliminating:

A scheduling technique that considers slack time to increase or decrease the calculated lead time of an order is

The ability of manufacturing to respond quickly to external or internal changes is

Loads in CRP in a well-run company are fairly balanced in the short-term but are dropping off later in the planning horizon. The most likely reason is

If a work center is overstated in terms of available production capacity

Which type of capacity is the best indicator that the material plan is infeasible if it equals the required capacity at a particular work center?

A work center has 4 employees that work 8 hour shifts with an utilization of 85%. Demand on the work center is 60 units. Takt time at the work center is

Since capacity has already been validated at the MPS level, why is it checked again at the MRP level?

The time when resources are not producing product is known as

Products that are usually manufacturing together because of product or process similarities are

A company has a mandate to meet schedule dates, CRP has identified a capacity overload, and it appears the product will be shipped late. Which of the following actions should be done first?