Develop an mps for this end item/ Management Theories
1. An end item’s demand forecasts for the next 6 weeks are 30 units, followed by forecasts of 25 units for weeks 7 though 10. The current on-hand inventory is 60 units. The order policy is to produce in lots of 100. The booked cus¬tomer orders for the item, starting with week
1, are 22, 30, 15, 11, 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, and 0 units. The lead time is 2 weeks.
a. Develop an MPS for this end item.
b. The marketing department has received six orders for this item in the following sequence:
Order 1 is for 40 units to be delivered in period 3 Order 2 is for 60 units to be delivered in period 4 Order 3 is for 70 units to be delivered in period 6 Order 4 is for 40 units to be delivered in period 3 Order 5 is for 20 units to be delivered in period 5 Order 6 is for 115 wilts to be delivered in period 9
Assuming that the prospective MPS you developed in part (a) does not change, which orders would you be able to accept based on the available to promise (ATP)?
2. An end item’s demand forecasts for the next 10 weeks are 30, 30, 30, 30, 20, 20, 30, 30, 30, and 30 units. The current on-hand inventory is 100 units. The order policy is to produce in lots of 75. The booked customer orders for the item, starting with week 1, are 15, 38, 7, 5, 0, 3, 10, 0, 0, and 0 units. The lead time is 2 weeks.
a. Develop an MPS for this end item.
b. The marketing department has received five orders for this item in the following sequence:
Order 1 is for 20 units to be delivered in period 1 Order 2 is for 75 units to be delivered in period 4 Order 3 is for 90 units to be delivered in period 6 Order 4 is for 75 wilts to be delivered in period 7 Order 5 is for 90 units to be delivered in period 10
Assuming that the prospective MPS you developed in part (a) does not change, which orders would you be able to accept based on the available to promise (ATP)?
