MQM 227 Ch.21 Questions and Answers
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Product demand for end items comes primarily from two main sources.
What are they? Check both.
Back orders
The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
Customer orders of specific parts and components either as spares or for
service and repair - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
n industry, materials requirements planning also goes by the acronym: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔MRP
,Finished goods purchased by individuals external to the organization are
considered what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Independent demand items
In which industry type does MRP provide the highest expected benefits?
Check all that apply.
Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Process
Make-to-stock
Make-to-order
Assemble-to-order - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Assemble-to-order
Includes industries such as foundries, rubber and plastics, specialty paper,
chemicals, paint, drug, food processors. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Process
Select all that apply
Which of the following are sources of demand for products in a material
requirements planning system?
, Customer orders from sales personnel
Customer back orders from the previous period
Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Customer orders from sales personnel
Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair
Which of the following statements best characterizes an MRP system? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A system-driven logic that allows a company to tie the
production functions together from a material planning and control view.
The master production schedule is a major input to the ___ process. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔MRP
The requirements of dependent demand items tend to become more and
more ___ as we go farther down into the product creation sequence. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bumpy
MRP systems tend to work best in companies where products are made in
___ using the same productive equipment. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔batches
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Product demand for end items comes primarily from two main sources.
What are they? Check both.
Back orders
The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
Customer orders of specific parts and components either as spares or for
service and repair - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
n industry, materials requirements planning also goes by the acronym: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔MRP
,Finished goods purchased by individuals external to the organization are
considered what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Independent demand items
In which industry type does MRP provide the highest expected benefits?
Check all that apply.
Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Process
Make-to-stock
Make-to-order
Assemble-to-order - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Assemble-to-order
Includes industries such as foundries, rubber and plastics, specialty paper,
chemicals, paint, drug, food processors. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Process
Select all that apply
Which of the following are sources of demand for products in a material
requirements planning system?
, Customer orders from sales personnel
Customer back orders from the previous period
Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Customer orders from sales personnel
Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair
Which of the following statements best characterizes an MRP system? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A system-driven logic that allows a company to tie the
production functions together from a material planning and control view.
The master production schedule is a major input to the ___ process. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔MRP
The requirements of dependent demand items tend to become more and
more ___ as we go farther down into the product creation sequence. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bumpy
MRP systems tend to work best in companies where products are made in
___ using the same productive equipment. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔batches
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
