Questions from Supply Chain


Q: If most aggregate production planning problems include assumptions and ignore many needs

If most aggregate production planning problems include assumptions and ignore many needs of the company that are difficult to quantify, then what is the benefit of the process?

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Q: In most companies that are considered to be successful users of the

In most companies that are considered to be successful users of the S&OP process, the resulting plans and commitments are treated, essentially, as “quasi-contracts.” That is, the agreement reached bet...

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Q: In one of this chapter’s “Get Real” stories, you

In one of this chapter’s “Get Real” stories, you read about the experiences of Nintendo in planning production of its Switch system. If you were on the aggregate planning team for the Switch, would yo...

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Q: Why are spare parts and service parts considered to be independent demand

Why are spare parts and service parts considered to be independent demand, not dependent demand?

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Q: In what ways are DRP and MRP similar and how are they

In what ways are DRP and MRP similar and how are they different?

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Q: Elm Furniture Company, a medium-sized, publicly traded manufacturer

Elm Furniture Company, a medium-sized, publicly traded manufacturer of wood-based office and home furniture systems, has agreed that its major goal should be to “Become recognized as a value and socia...

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Q: How have advances in computer technology changed the planning process? Why

How have advances in computer technology changed the planning process? Why? What changes do you expect in the future?

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Q: Why is collaboration within an organization and the supply chain important when

Why is collaboration within an organization and the supply chain important when using DRP and MRP?

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Q: The planning process involves a rolling time horizon. What does this

The planning process involves a rolling time horizon. What does this mean to a planner?

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Q: What is the relationship between cumulative lead time and changes in the

What is the relationship between cumulative lead time and changes in the MPS? Why?

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