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Question 1

material planning

Answer 1

objective is to balance supply and demand. answers what how and when to produce supply

Question 2

material planning

Answer 2

objective:balance supply and demand

Question 3

procurement types

Answer 3

1-in house (production)
2-external (procurement)
3-both
4-none

Question 4

3 MRP types

Answer 4

1-consumption based planning
2-materials requirements planning (MRP)
3-materials production scheduling (MPS)

Question 5

consumption based planning

Answer 5

plan out requirements using historical data

Question 6

reorder point planning

Answer 6

two numbers: reorder point and safety stock

difference between ROP and safety stock used during replenishment lead time

Question 7

MPS

Answer 7

-usually used for more critical or valuable products, only calculate needs for first level BOM items

Question 8

lot size key

Answer 8

helps determine what lot size needed.

1-fixed lot size
2-lot for lot
3-replenishment up to maximum stock level

Question 9

lot size

Answer 9

value that prevents companies from ordering in non economic quantities

Question 10

lot for lot

Answer 10

order exact quantity that you need/is missing

Question 11

fixed lot size

Answer 11

use lot size found in material master. ex: pallet size

Question 12

replensihment up to max level

Answer 12

pretty much order max level at top of the triangle

Question 13

scheduling times

Answer 13

time needed to procure necessary materials
1-in house production time
2-planned deliv time(mail shipping time)
3-goods receipt(unpack boxes)

Question 14

in house production times

Answer 14

1-setup
2-processing
3-interoperation

Question 15

planning time fence

Answer 15

prevents ERP system from programmed automatic changesq

Question 16

BOM selection method

Answer 16

determine which BOM (if there are multiple for one product) to use

Question 17

availibility check

Answer 17

determines whether a material will be availible on a certain date

Question 18

most common availibility check

Answer 18

available to promise (ATP)

Question 19

strategy group

Answer 19

very high level production strategy

Question 20

make to stock

Answer 20

assemble everything to stock units

Question 21

make to order

Answer 21

dell strategy.

Question 22

assemble to order

Answer 22

planning without final assembly

Question 23

product groups

Answer 23

products with similar planning or manufacturing processes

Question 24

3 tools for material process planning reporting

Answer 24

1-stock/requirement list
2-MRP list
3-planning result report

Question 25

MRP triggers

Answer 25

1-changes to MRP elements/stock levels

Question 26

MRP data

Answer 26

1-master
2-transaction
3-MRP elements
4-user input

Question 27

MRP tasks

Answer 27

1-calculate requirements
2-monitor exceptions
3-adjust shedules

Question 28

organizational data for material planning

Answer 28

1-client
2-company code
3-plant
4-sloc

Question 29

views highly relevent to material planning

Answer 29

1-MRP view (plant specific)

2-work scheduling (plant specific)

Question 30

consumption based planning

Answer 30

dervices requirements based on historical data

Question 31

MRP

Answer 31

• material requirements planning

- start off at high level and figure out subrequirements

Question 32

MPS

Answer 32

• master production scheduling

- optional step, only for first level BOM components

Question 33

lot size key

Answer 33

procedure to determine lot size of each procurement or production proposal generated