A company that transitions from sequential product development to concurrent engineering typically experiences which of the following outcomes?
1. Betterfit of products to production capabilities;
2. Increased influence by manufacturing engineering over design decisions;
3. Reduced variety of product components;

The major advantage of a two level MPS process is which of the following?

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 are included in a closed loop MRP system?
I. Master Production Scheduling
II. Capacity Requirement Planning
III. Purchasing

Period: 1 2 3 4 5
Forecast: 10 10 10 20 20
Orders: 8 6 6 2 2
PAB
MPS 30 0 0 0 0
On Hand 20
Based on the above MPS record, what is the non-cumulative ATP in Period 1?

Which of the following pieces of information must be available in order to prepare a realistic MPS?
I. Knowledge of all production requirements
II. Available capacity
III. Load profile of each MPS item

Which of the following statements are true regarding production planning?
I. It is senior management＇s responsibility.
II. The master scheduler should "disaggregate" the production plan to the master schedule.
III. It focuses corporate production goals.

If the master production schedule is overstated, which of the following will occur?

The frequency of revisions to a forecast should be:

Which of the following would be the best way to cope with the uncertainty of demand?

There are a multitude of customer measures in use today. Which of the following would best describe what should be measured?