Aggregate Planning Test Questions And
Answers A+ Graded
The outputs from an S&OP process are: CORRECT ANSWERS aggregate plans
Aggregate planning is concerned with determining the quantity and timing of production
in the: CORRECT ANSWERS intermediate term
Aggregate planning deals with a number of constraints. These typically are: CORRECT
ANSWERS subcontracting, employment levels, inventory levels, and capacity
Which of the following is not one of the graphical method steps?
a) determine the demand in each period
b) determine capacity for regular time, overtime, and subcontracting each period
c) find labor costs, hiring and layoff costs, and inventory holding costs
d) construct the transportation table
e) consider company policy that may apply to the workers or stock levels
f) develop alternative plans and examine their total costs CORRECT ANSWERS
construct the transportation table
When might a dummy column be added to a transportation table? CORRECT
ANSWERS when supply does not equal demand
Revenue management requires management to deal with:
a) multiple pricing structures
b) changes in demand
c) forecasts of use
d) forecasts of duration of use
e) all of the above CORRECT ANSWERS all of the above
For organizations that have perishable inventory, which of the following characteristics
would NOT make yield management of interest?
a) fluctuating demand
b) relatively fixed capacity
c) low variable costs and high fixed costs
d) service or product cannot be sold in advance of consumption CORRECT ANSWERS
service or product cannot be sold in advance of consumption
Yield management is of interest to organizations having the characteristic of:
CORRECT ANSWERS segmentable demand
Job assignments are a focused issue in which of the following? CORRECT ANSWERS
short-range plans
Answers A+ Graded
The outputs from an S&OP process are: CORRECT ANSWERS aggregate plans
Aggregate planning is concerned with determining the quantity and timing of production
in the: CORRECT ANSWERS intermediate term
Aggregate planning deals with a number of constraints. These typically are: CORRECT
ANSWERS subcontracting, employment levels, inventory levels, and capacity
Which of the following is not one of the graphical method steps?
a) determine the demand in each period
b) determine capacity for regular time, overtime, and subcontracting each period
c) find labor costs, hiring and layoff costs, and inventory holding costs
d) construct the transportation table
e) consider company policy that may apply to the workers or stock levels
f) develop alternative plans and examine their total costs CORRECT ANSWERS
construct the transportation table
When might a dummy column be added to a transportation table? CORRECT
ANSWERS when supply does not equal demand
Revenue management requires management to deal with:
a) multiple pricing structures
b) changes in demand
c) forecasts of use
d) forecasts of duration of use
e) all of the above CORRECT ANSWERS all of the above
For organizations that have perishable inventory, which of the following characteristics
would NOT make yield management of interest?
a) fluctuating demand
b) relatively fixed capacity
c) low variable costs and high fixed costs
d) service or product cannot be sold in advance of consumption CORRECT ANSWERS
service or product cannot be sold in advance of consumption
Yield management is of interest to organizations having the characteristic of:
CORRECT ANSWERS segmentable demand
Job assignments are a focused issue in which of the following? CORRECT ANSWERS
short-range plans
