Materials Management
- A production line is to run at 1000 units per month. Sales are forecast as shown in the following. Please calculate the expected period-end inventory. The opening inventory is 600 units. All periods have the same number of working days (please show me your calculation process, 45 pts).
| Per Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Forecast | 750 | 800 | 1050 | 1600 | 1000 | 850 | |
| Planned production | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | |
| Plann Planned inventory | 600 | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
- The MPS is constrained by: (10pts)
- The availability of material
- Available capacity
- Inventory policies.
- Production plan
- All of the above
- I, II, III only
- I and II only
- II and III only
- None of the above
- Amalgamated Nut Crackers, Inc., makes a family of nut crackers. The most popular model is the walnut, and the sales department has prepared a 6 week forecast. The opening inventory is 50 dozen (dozen is the unit used for planning). As master planner, you must prepare an MPS. The nutcrackers are made in lots of 100 dozens. (Please show me your calculation process, 45 pts).
| Per Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Forecast Sales | 75 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 90 | 10 | |
| Projected available | 50 | ||||||
| MPS |
