A company has made process improvements that reduced shift lengths from 10 to 8 hours while maintaining production rates and material delivery schedules. What is the general effect on the level of raw material?

Which of the following should be considered during the production planning process?
I. Component requirements
II. Capacity availability
III. Manufacturing labor needs

Which of the following will result from the level strategy of production planning?
I. Production occurs at exactly the same rate as the sales forecast for each period.
II. Inventory will generally build.
III. The labor force and capacity usage remains stable.

Which of the following sources of demand should be considered in production planning?
I. Order backlog from customers
II. Scheduled receipts
III. Interplant transfer of parts

Every company should have a set of functional plans synchronizing activities across functions that specify production levels, capacity levels, staffing levels, funding levels, etc. to achieve the intermediate goals and objectives of the organization. This plan would be called the:

In which of the following environments would the capable-to-promise (CTP) functionality be least helpful?

In a make-order environment, it is important to control the customers order after it has been entered into the system. Frequently, the order is taken and a great deal of engineering must occur before the final product is shipped to the customer. As a result, certain product features are known at order entry time, while others must be engineered. To help reduce engineering lead times, which of the following techniques can be used?

Which of the following would best describe where customer service levels and safety stocks are defined?

All of the following are priority sequencing rules except:

Which of the following statements are true regarding time-phased order point?
I. Lot sizing is eliminated
II. It is more effective than re-order point
III. Uses MRP logic for independent demand

In a make to order company, which of the following would be included in the delivery cycle time?
I. Time to process the customer＇s order.
II. Time to manufacture the product.
III. Time to deliver the product from the warehouse to the customer.