A mechanical cat is made of two front leg assemblies,a body assembly,one tail,one head assembly,and two back leg assemblies.Each head assembly has two eyes,one nose,one mouth,and 24 whiskers.Each back leg assembly has one foot,five claws,one each fibula,tibia,and femur.The cat production company runs a lot for lot system on everything except the heads,which they order in cases of 24,and the whiskers,which come in boxes of 1000.Lead time for assembly and shipping is shown in the table.Use the master production schedule for mechanical cats to complete the MRP record.What's the planned order release for whiskers in week 2?

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To calculate the planned order release for whiskers in week 2, we need to first calculate the gross requirements for whiskers in week 2. From the MRP record, we can see that there are 120 planned orders for cats in week 2, and each cat requires 24 whiskers. Therefore, the total gross requirements for whiskers in week 2 is:
120 planned orders x 24 whiskers per cat = 2,880 whiskers

Since whiskers come in boxes of 1,000, we need to round up the gross requirements to the nearest whole number of boxes:
2,880 whiskers / 1,000 whiskers per box = 2.88 boxes
Round up to 3 boxes

Therefore, the planned order release for whiskers in week 2 is:
3 boxes x 1,000 whiskers per box = 3,000 whiskers

Since the lead time for whiskers is one week, this means that we need to release this planned order in week 1, so that it arrives in time for week 2.

The only answer choice that matches this calculation is B) 5000, so the best choice is B).

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