Matching supply and demand for the next four quarters best describes a) faciliti
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Question
Matching supply and demand for the next four quarters best describes
a) facilities strategic decisions
b) sales and operations planning decisions
c) scheduling decisions
d) none of the above
19) Using a lot-for-lot ordering strategy for the following item, what is the net requirements amount in week 3?
(Note: Use a lead time of one week and the gross requirements and scheduled receipts depicted below, and
assume you begin with 100 units in inventory.)
Week 1 2 3 4
Gross requirements 0 100 80 15
Scheduled receipts 75 0 0 0
Projected ending inventory (100)
Net requirements
Planned order receipts
Planned order releases
a) 0 units
b) 5 units
c) 15 units
d) 80 units
20.Below is the information pertaining to five jobs currently waiting to be processed on the same machine.
1) Job Process Time Arrival Date Due Date
A 2 days Oct. 12 Oct. 29
B 6 days Oct. 15 Oct. 28
C 5 days Oct. 18 Oct. 30
D 9 days Oct. 1 Oct. 31
E 7 days Oct. 10 Oct. 27
Determine the sequencing of these five jobs at this machine using the SPT heuristic:
a) A-C-B-E-D
b) A-E-B-C-D
c) A-B-C-E-D
d) D-A-C-B-E
21) A company has sales of $150 million, cost of goods sold of $100 million, and a before-tax profit of 8%. If
purchasing was able to reduce the cost of goods sold by $5 million, how much additional sales would be
required to achieve the same impact on profit?
a) $5 million
b) $10 million
c) $55 million
d) $62.5 million
Explanation / Answer
By considering the supply and demand the next four quarter sales and operations planning decision can be estimated.
So here the option second is the correct answer. means the sales and operations planning decisions is correct one.
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