A company has an effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) process with monthly plans over a 24 month horizon. The sales and marketing functions have requested that a new product introduction be moved from the tenth month to the sixth month of the current plans which would require a 10% increase in production for months six through nine. Which of the following actions would be the most appropriate next step in response to the request?

Using the information provided, how many employees are needed to accomplish the planned production?
Beginning inventory 250
Total annual forecast demand 60,000
Ending inventory target 250
Working days per month 20
Number of periods 12
Employee productivity 25 per day

Which of the following production method is most likely to be sued in an ETO environment?

Which of the following actions to improve the validity of the master schedule is most under the master scheduler＇s control?

A company is changing from a MTO to ATO environment. Which of the following areas will likely change the most?

Which of the following process choices is likely to simplify the sales and operations planning process?

A forecast technique which uses average demand for a certain number of periods prior to the month being forecasted is

Which of the following techniques is best for relating one set of forecast economic data to another set of economic date?

The creation of a high-volume product with large variety so that a customer may specify an exact model is

Finish goods inventory states there are 100 items in stock, when there are actually 110. The first 100 customer orders are accepted and scheduled for immediate shipment. The next 50 customer orders are scheduled and promised for shipment the following week based on the next scheduled receipt. What is the customer service level for the orders scheduled for shipment?

The forecast of the previous month was 300, and the actual demand was 320, using a alpha factor of 0.3, what is the forecast for the new month?