Table 11.1
Big Truck Tacos has developed the following forecast of demand and accepted orders for their holiday tacos as they enter the Taco Festival Season.They enter the planning period with 65 holiday tacos in inventory as shown in Week 0.

-Use Table 11.1 to answer this question.In week 1 the inventory manager discovers,much to his horror,that instead of 65 tacos in inventory,they have only 6.5 tacos.They had already planned to make exactly what they needed,based on the erroneous inventory number of 65 and they can't alter their week 1 schedule.How many tacos do they need to have on their MPS for the second week of production to correct their shortfall and move forward through the rest of the production period?
A)80
B)90
C)100
D)110

Question

Table 11.1
Big Truck Tacos has developed the following forecast of demand and accepted orders for their holiday tacos as they enter the Taco Festival Season.They enter the planning period with 65 holiday tacos in inventory as shown in Week 0.
 
-Use Table 11.1 to answer this question.In week 1 the inventory manager discovers,much to his horror,that instead of 65 tacos in inventory,they have only 6.5 tacos.They had already planned to make exactly what they needed,based on the erroneous inventory number of 65 and they can't alter their week 1 schedule.How many tacos do they need to have on their MPS for the second week of production to correct their shortfall and move forward through the rest of the production period?
A)80 
B)90 
C)100 
D)110

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The shortfall in inventory is 58.5 tacos (65 - 6.5). To correct this shortfall and meet the demand for the second week, they need to produce an additional 58.5 tacos on top of their planned production. Assuming the planned production for week 2 was 31.5 tacos (to make up a total of 90), they need to produce 90 tacos in total for week 2.

Table 11.1 Big Truck Tacos Has Developed the Following Forecast of Demand