A reduction in the lead time results from which of the following actions?

A production plan is based on producing the same qty per day. The current month is 20 days and the production plan calls for 8000units. There are 4 models with the following demand. A-3200, B-2400, C-1600, D-800. The sequence for the mixed-model schedule is A-B-C-A-B-D-A-B-C-A. The weekly MPS is:

Mass customization is the ability to

A company produces MTO product families that use common work centers configured in a functional layout. Ship date are specified by the customer. It is a stable product line in the maturity stage, but demand is erratic. The master scheduler has ongoing problems maintaining a balanced schedule due to randomly appearing overload conditions among the various work centers. A likely cause of the overload condition is

An ATO environment using a mixed model production schedule has a bottleneck work center. The best RCCP approach for determining the feasibility of the MPS is to

A company produces desk clocks as a product family w/20 different end-items. The overall production plan has been set at 8000units a month. Which of the following actions should be master scheduler take to develop the MPS?

A problem with evaluating master scheduling and purchasing performance as they relate to each other is

A data element that can cause the most occurrences of inaccuracy in a master schedule for a particular product is

The best reason for using planning bills of material in master scheduling is

A company purchases almost 30% of its raw material directly form farmers, cutting out wholesaler and distributors. The allows the companies to

A MPS with too short a horizon will result in