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?

Which of the following considerations is most important when selecting forecasting software?

A firm manufactures four product families in a single facility using one production line for each product family. It has selected the hybrid approach to production planning and has specified that there will be no more than four changes in production rates per production line in a year. Resource planning will have to be performed for:

Which of the following items is required for making realistic customer promises?

Which of the following criteria is used to determine safety stock in a distribution center?

Which of the following costs is most likely to decrease when the number of warehouses in a distribution network increases?

The question below is based on the distribution center requirements shown below: How many units of product X should be planned to satisfy the demand for period 6?
Lead time=2 periods
Lot size=20
SS=20
PD Period
1 2 3 4 5 6
Forecast 40 10 30 60 50 80
PAB 50 30 20 30 30
Planned receipt 20 0 40 60
Planned orders 40 60

A single-level, centralized distribution network would be most appropriate for a firm whose products are:

In a make-to-stock environment, which of the following factors is a key determinant of inventory levels necessary to support customer demand?

Which of the following objectives is a critical performance measurement in distribution network logistics?

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: