Since introducing distribution requirements planning, management at a company has had increased complaints from staff at satellite warehouses that the variances of local demand
are being ignored, and they often are unable to meet demand. An effective response from management would be to:

Which of the following validations is most likely to be performed form measuring master scheduling performance as it relates to sales and operations planning in a MTS company?

An indication on the sales and operations plan of a MTS company that a chase production strategy is being employed is

A production leveling strategy refers to

Which of the following key resources is most likely to be used to validate the production plan in a high-volume company that produces a number of families of windows, including standard and custom sizes, and unique design?

Manufacturing is responsible for executing which of the plans that come from the sales and operations planning meeting?

A company monitors customer orders and inventory levels daily and generates production orders weekly. Those orders are processed the following week to maintain inventory at a fairly steady level. The production planning method used is

Which of the following statements is most true in a production environment with products that are subject to cyclical, random, seasonal and trend types of demand?

A company ships production weekly to their distribution centers. When reporting inventory levels at the end of the month for the sales and operations planning process, under which of the following categories should the inventory at the production facility be reported?

A disagreement between sales and production when modifying the sales and operations plan is most likely to be caused by

A company uses a chase production strategy to schedule production. A product family consist of 10 end items produced every month. 4 high volume units comprise 70% of total production. The 2 lowest volume units comprise only a very small percentage. How would the S&OP plan the items in this product family?