In the master scheduling process, customer orders are the only source of demand in periods

In a company that has over 20,000 end items in stock, which of the following demand elements is likely to take the most time to assess for sales and operations planning?

A company intends to cut its backlog from 4 months to 2 months. Annual demand is 360 units. The number of units that should be included in the production plan is

Planning horizon: 18 months
Working days per planning period: 22
Production planning approach: Level
Total demand: 72000units
Beginning inventory: 4800units
Target for ending inventory: 6600
Planned lot size: 2000
The production per planning period required to satisfy this plan in units is closest to

Which of the following results is most likely to occur in a company that does not use a formal sales and operations planning process?

Load smoothing at the production planning level to resolve an overload condition identified by resource planning is an example of

The pre-sales and operations planning process meeting should include

Based on the information provided, the production plan would be
Starting inventory 1500
Forecast 2500
Projected end inventory 1200

Which of the following information is necessary for determining the production planning horizon?

A company produces 500 end items for distribution and sales. Which information could be evaluated prior to the end of the month in order to streamline the sales and operations planning process?

The role of top management in the sales and operations planning process is to