Deck 4: Material Requirements Planning

Question 1

__________bills are an artificial grouping of components for planning purposes. They are used to simplify forecasting, master production scheduling, and materials requirements planning.

A) Planning
B) Pegging
C) Indented
D) Summarized parts

Answer 1

Planning

Question 2

__________include information such as order quantities, lead times, safety stock, and scrap.

A) Bill of materials
B) Bill of Material Processors
C) Planning factors
D) Inventory records

Answer 2

Planning factors

Question 3

Product X is made from two units of A and one unit of B. Product Y is made from one unit of B and two units of C. Each A is made up of two units of C and one unit of D. Each unit of B is made up of two units of E. Construct the product tree. How many Cs are needed to make 50 Xs and 100Ys?

Answer 3

400 Cs. 200 from parent X [hint: take A's quantity and multiply by 2] and 200 from parent Y)

Question 4

Describe situations that will generate exception messages in MRP.

Question 5

Complete the following table. Lead time for the part is two weeks. The lot size is 100. What is the projected available at the end of week 3? When is it planned to release an order?

Question 6

A__________ report is similar to a where- used report. However, the report shows only those parents for which there is an existing requirement.

A) indented
B) planning
C) pegging
D) manufacturing

Question 7

Each level in the bill of material is assigned a number starting from the __________and working __________.

A) bottom, up
B) top, down
C) bottom, down
D) top, up

Question 8

Where does feedback to the planner originate?

Question 9

The product tree and the bill of material are called single- level structures. As assembly is considered a __________and the items that compose it are called its__________ .

A) parent, component items
B) parent, multilevel bill
C) multilevel bill, parent
D) component, parents

Question 10

The dependency of a component on its parent is__________ .

A) vertical
B) horizontal
C) diagonal
D) circular

Question 11

Complete the following table. Lead time for the item is two weeks and the order quantity is 200. $\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lll}\text {Week}\\\text {Gross Requirements}\\\text {Scheduled Receipts}\\\text {Projected Available 150}\\\text {Net Requirements}\\\text {Planned Order Receipt}\\\text {Planned Order Release} \end{array} \begin{array}{lllll}& 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\50 & & 250 & 100 & 50 \\& & 200 & & \\\\\\\\\end{array}\end{array}$

Question 12

The manufacturer of dishwashers uses flexible connection hose material in the assembly of the units. In the assembly of the dishwasher, the hose is a/an __________item.

A) can be dependent or independent
B) independent
C) dependent
D) none of the above

Question 13

What are the uses of bills of material?

Question 14

__________is the process of placing the exploded requirements in their proper periods based on lead time.

A) Offsetting
B) Planned order computation
C) Exploding the requirements
D) Lead time determination

Question 15

Each part or item has__________ part number.

A) multiple
B) less than five
C) two
D) only one

Question 16

What are the basic responsibilities of a planner?

Question 17

Complete the following table. Lead time for the part is two weeks and the order quantity is
40. What action should be taken?

Question 18

Define and describe MRP. How is it related to the MPS?

Question 19

Product cost is usually broken down into__________ .

A) direct material and direct labor
B) direct labor and overhead
C) direct material, direct labor, and overhead
D) direct material and overhead

Question 20

Complete the following table. Lead time for the part is two weeks. The order quantity, or lot size, is 100 units.

Question 21

A good MRP system generated exception messages to advise the planner when some event needs attention.

Question 22

Sometimes requirements change rapidly and by small amounts, causing the materials requirements plan to change back and forth. The planner must judge whether the changes are important enough to react to and whether an order should be released.

Question 23

Transaction messages mean that the planner must tell the MRP software of all actions that that will influence the MRP records.

Question 24

Planned order releases are just planned; they have not been released.

Question 25

The people who manage the material requirements planning system are called planners.

Question 26

The number of periods in the record is called the planning horizon, which shows the number of past periods for which plans are being made.

Question 27

Most companies make more than one product and often use the same components in many of their products.

Question 28

Low- level codes are determined by starting at the highest level of a bill of materials and working down, recording the level against the part.

Question 29

Priority refers to maintaining the correct due dates by constantly evaluating the true due- date need for released orders and, if necessary,k expediting or de- expediting.

Question 30

When released, the order becomes an open order to the factory or to purchasing and appears on the MRP record as a schedule receipt.