A company manufactures at several plants around the world and uses a multi-echelon distribution network. Customer service levels in this situation would be highest when safety stock is stored at the:

A MTO company is ready to introduce family that has many of the criteria the market is demanding, which of the follow production strategies is most applicable for the introduction phase of the new product

Period J F M A M J J A S O N D
Sales plan 50 50 60 60 80 90 70 50 40 40 40 40
Actual sales 51 47 63

Period J F M A M J J A S O N D
Production plan 50 60 60 70 70 70 70 50 50 50 50 40
Actual production 48 60 61

Period J F M A M J J A S O N D
Inventory plan 20 30 30 40 30 10 10 10 20 30 40 40
Actual inventory 20

What＇s the actual March inventory based on the information provided?

A company performs sales and operations planning monthly, with a production planning horizon extending four months into the future on a rolling basis. Business planning is performed annually and reviewed monthly. The longest lead time parts are specially items with a lead time of six weeks. The forecasting horizon length should be

Which of the following planning techniques is likely to be most useful in a manufacturing environment where multiple options are available for product lines?

The objective of sales and operations planning is to

Sales are linked to the distribution network by

A resource plan is based on which of the following components?

The length of the master scheduling planning horizon for a MTS product should be

Which of the following approaches can streamline the sales and operations planning review process?

The marketing director is complaining that even though material availability is not a problem, backorders are rising because of the company＇s