Demand for a given item is said to be dependent if:
A)it originates from the external customer.
B)there is a deep bill of material.
C)the finished products are mostly services (rather than goods).
D)there is a clearly identifiable parent.
E)the item has several children.

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Dependency in production planning refers to the relationship between parent and child items in the bill of materials. A parent item is an item that is used to create one or more child items. Therefore, a given item is said to be dependent if there is a clearly identifiable parent item in the bill of materials.

Demand for a Given Item Is Said to Be Dependent