scm

Question 1

us airways

Answer 1

offloading (dont need as many employees bc customers become employees for themself

Question 2

frito lay and peeled potato

Answer 2

work in progress

Question 3

benefits of s&op

Answer 3

all the above

Question 4

which isnt possible

Answer 4

biased and accurate/ low MAD and high MFE

Question 5

actual production starting inventory is 3000

Answer 5

1492

Question 6

which is true regarding top down planning value increases for a particular product

Answer 6

total labor hours required across all months

Question 7

three gauge sets for march

Answer 7

bottleneck for machine or insufficient machine hours

Question 8

deloitte

Answer 8

S&OP-process of integratng marketing and operations plan to develop a TACTICAL PLAN

Question 9

higher level of turnover or lower level of turnover

Answer 9

higher

Question 10

which is false? inventory is evil or inventory is good

Answer 10

as good as cash in the bank

Question 11

which is true? inventory is evil or inventory is good

Answer 11

roo†of all evil

Question 12

wi†˙ using linear regression, how can you best predict demand fluctuations with gas prices

Answer 12

use both or weeks

Question 13

ambulence question

Answer 13

independent. something that has to do with lights

Question 14

which is true

Answer 14

S&OP def with tactical plan (manage capacities in terms of supply and demand)

Question 15

enter the number of worker hours needed for the month

Answer 15

sales forecast * worker hours

Question 16

planning values are used to translate forecast into resource requirements

Answer 16

fixed lead times are not variable

Question 17

benefits of S&OP

Answer 17

all the above

Question 18

scuba

Answer 18

efficient S&OP plan makes forecasting more accurate

Question 19

top down

Answer 19

have to be stable or similar

Question 20

level

Answer 20

production is the same

Question 21

higher or lower skilled workers?

Answer 21

higher bc you train less

Question 22

Definition of MRP

Answer 22

to make a product, the company needs the whole sum of the requirements

Question 23

definition of MRS

Answer 23

short term, detailed production, and operational

Question 24

level

Answer 24

product are very similar, and doesnt change much

Question 25

chase

Answer 25

the production changes a lot

Question 26

planning values are used to translate forecasts into research requirements

Answer 26

if steady overtime, dont change forecasting

Question 27

exponential smoothing is the 36th problem

Answer 27

if alpha is 0, then it wont work. Alpha is always between 0 and 1

Question 28

fixed lead times….

Answer 28

are NOT variable

Question 29

which is true regarding top down planning value, increases for a particular product

Answer 29

increase total labor hours across all months

Question 30

definition of ATP

Answer 30

what you have to commit to new orders. Also deterining if you can accept a new order

Question 31

least bias

Answer 31

given MFE and MAD, but only use MFE

Question 32

MPR capacity issues

Answer 32

doesnt take capacity limitations into acount

Question 33

Wheel chair

Answer 33

MRP

Question 34

S&OP

Answer 34

manage capcity to make sure supply can answer demand

Question 35

Days of supply

Answer 35

inventory/daily demand (length of time operations can be supported with inventory on-hand)

Question 36

independent demand

Answer 36

chip flavor sales depend on customer sales

Question 37

dependent demand

Answer 37

tostitos sals is bought depending on how many bags of chips you buy

Question 38

MRP and BOM explosion

Answer 38

(gross requirements + backward scheduling=explosion of BOM)
explosion = every component considered