MPR 01

MPR 02

MPR215

When are forecasts consumed (choose the BEST answer)?

MPR220

Establishing the production plan for period using level strategy, based on the following information.
․ Starting inventory : 1000 units.
․ Forecasted demand : 21,000 units.
․ Projected ending inventory : 0 units.
․ No. of periods : 4
 

MPR221

What should the level of accuracy be in a forecast?

MPR222

Order quantity is 1000 units and safety stock is 300 units. What is the average inventory?

MPR223

What should the level of accuracy be in a forecast?

MPR224

You can change your master schedules by:
I. changing master schedule dates.
II. changing master schedule quantities.
 

MPR225

You may define and maintain forecasts:

MPR226

When are forecasts consumed (choose the BEST answer)?

MPR227

Based on the following information, calculate the production rate per period if a company want to
develop the level production plan ?
․ Beginning inventory : 200 units.
․ Ending inventory : 100 units.
․ Forecasted demand

MPR228

Projected available balance is calculated in which one of the following ways?

MPR229

Which of the following types of demand would be included in Distribution Requirements Planning?
I. Warehouse demand
II. Raw material demand
III. Interplant demand of finished goods
 

MPR230

Which of the following moving average methods adds the closing number for a number of time periods and divides this total by the number of periods?

MPR231

ABC Analysis is a method for determining:

MPR232

All of the following must be considered in the process of demand management EXCEPT :

MPR233

If make-to-stock company only concentrate on the increase of inventory for improving customer service, we can expect that :

MPR234

An aggregate forecast can be best defined as a(an):

MPR235

Which of the following statements correctly describe the “Bullwhip effect” (choose all that apply):

A. Demand variability increases as one moves up the supply chain away from the retail customer
B. Any small changes in consumer demand can result in large variations in orders placed upstream
C. The supply network can oscillate in very large swings

MPR236

If there are 20 as in stock, only 30 needs to be made, then the equirements for components parts would be:

MPR237

Planning horizon means

MPR238

19. Which of the following elements affect on the change of the bill of resources ?
Ⅰ. Product mix.
Ⅱ. Production technology.
Ⅲ. Product volume.
Ⅳ. Product costing.
 

MPR239

Bullwhipping effect is caused by variability and delays that are mostly the results of (choose all that apply):
A. Overreaction to backlogs
B. Shortage gaming
C. Demand forecast inaccuracies
D. Free return policies

MPR240

The purpose _____________ is to provide time to plan for those things that take long to change.

MPR241

What states the rate that a manufacturing company provides the engineering, financial, and manufacturing resources to support its sales objectives?

MPR242

Which of the following is Known Demand?
I.  Forecast Demand
II.  Overdue Order
III. Order received, but not completed

MPR243

If an organization makes specialized tent campers made to the exact specifications of the customer what type of manufacturing environment would they MOST LIKELY use?

MPR245

What are the inputs to top management planning?
I.  Master Production Schedule
II.  The business Plan
III.  Sales and Marketing Forecast
IV. Resource available per period

MPR244

A custom Car shop to the stars would MOST LIKELY have what type of production environment?

MPR246

The main objective of master scheduling is to provide

MPR247

A Master Production scheduler receives an order for 150 units after the planning time fence. ATP shows 50 units available during this time. What is the MOST appropriate action for the scheduler?

MPR248

All of the following types of international distribution channels are available EXCEPT

MPR249

Which of the following is NOT a part of the distribution network?

MPR250

Which type of manufacturing environment is MOST LIKELY associated to price being the order winner?

MPR251

The typical minimum data accuracy requirements for a Routing must be at LEAST

MPR255

Which of the following would be measurements for purchasing's performance?
I.   Percent of customer promises met on time
II.  Supplier Quality Level
III.  Supplier Delivery on time percentage
IV.  Lead Time Accuracy

MPR254

Which of the following are NOT a part of the five steps of the S&OP Process

MPR253

Which of the following is NOT a stage in a typical product life cycle?

MPR252

If Demand = 1500 and demands met = 1200, what is the service level provided?

MPR256

Which of the following is NOT a typical restraint for a company for achieving the company's long term plan.

MPR257

A widget maker has 3,500,000 of stock in the warehouse, and weekly sales on average are 500,000. What are the days of supply for the widget maker?

MPR258

The sales manager would like to add an order for a very important customer within the demand time fence, how should the MPS planner handle this request?

MPR259

When MRP is run to allow a work center to be overloaded is called

MPR260

The main problem with level scheduling is

MPR301

Which of the following accurately describes a reason Distribution Resource Planning is considered a "push" inventory management system?

MPR302

Which of the following best describes the relationship which exists between customer service and inventory levels?

MPR303

For make-to-stock companies, a 100% service level implies huge inventory levels. In make-to-order companies, immediate delivery would imply:

MPR304

Which of the following is a usual occurrence when  a company increases the number of distribution centers?
I. Transportation inventories will increase
II. Aggregate safety stock will increase
III. Aggregate safety cost will decrease

MPR305

Customer backlog of 6 weeks is published by a company. Their customer backlog is best defined as:

MPR306

Which of the following must be converted into dollars to allow the forecasting of cash flow in a make-to-order company?

MPR307

"In transit" inventory is best described as which of the following?

MPR308

Which of the following statements describes a characteristic of super bills?
 

MPR309

Which of the following is not a reason for maintaining safety stock in finished goods inventory?

MPR310

Which of the following techniques is not useful for increasing capacity?

MPR311

At the end of the model year a product manufactured by your company is due for a design change. When planning production for the current model, which of the following factors should be examined?
I. Forecast accuracy for the rest of the current model year
II. Probable leftover parts at the end of the model year

MPR313

Which of the following is not a correct assertion in regards to timefences?

MPR314

In determining the detail required for capacity planning, which considerations should be reviewed
by management?
I. Training period for new employees
II. Quality of the information versus the cost of acquiring it
II. Length of time to change capacity

MPR315

Why are planning bills referred to as pseudo bills?

MPR316

Which of the following is a negative aspect of the chase strategy in production planning?

MPR317

Which of the following is not a symptom of Master Scheduling problems?

MPR318

A company's master production schedule becomes overloaded due to equipment problems. Which of the following is not a technique that could be used to resolve the overload?

MPR319

Which of the following is not a key element used to define available-to-promise?

MPR320

Which of the following is the term for the technique of creating a bill of material based on the common components of a product?

SMR321

In a DRP environment, demand from a branch warehouse would result in which of the following at the central supply warehouse?

MPR360

Which of the following are reasons for maintaining safety stock in finished goods
inventory?
I. It covers errors in forecast.
II. The MPS plan may not be achieved even if realistic.
III. The inventory will buffer production from sales variations.

MPR322

Which of the following statements are true regarding super bills?
I. It is at the top level of the product structure.
II. It groups components based on work centers.
III. It aggregates components into modules.
IV. It groups small parts into kits.

MPR323

Which of the following would be considered long term capacity decisions?
I. Build a new plant
II. Buy new machines
III. Work overtime

MPR324

A resource plan is used to:

MPR325

A manufacturing company wants to cut its backlog from six months to three months. If the annual demand is 240 units, the production plan for this year should be for how many units of production?

MPR326

A manufacturing company would like to increase its backlog from one month to two months. The annual demand for their product is 600 units. How many units should they produce?

MPR327

When determining the amount of product which is available to promise, which of the following must be considered?

MPR328

The relationship between customer service and inventory levels can be best described by which of the following?

MPR329

Which of the following statements are true regarding time-phased order point?
I. Lot sizing is eliminated
II. It is more effective than re-order point
III. Uses MRP logic for independent demand
 

MPR330

Which of the following ratios could be measures of customer service?
I. Order lines filled versus lines ordered
II. Complete orders shipped on time
III. Quantity shipped versus quantity ordered

MPR331

A company has several warehouses and each warehouse maintains its own inventory levels. Which of the following methods would best support the management of the inventory throughout the warehouse system?

MPR332

A company has two plants; one is a final assembly plant and the other produces subassemblies for the final assembly plant.
How is the interplant demand accounted for in the subassembly plant?

MPR333

A company publishes their customer backlog as 4 weeks. Which of the following best defines customer backlog?

MPR334

A resource plan can be stated in all of the following terms except:

MPR335

In measuring forecast deviations, MAD is generally favored over the use of standard deviation for all of the following reasons except:

MPR336

All of the following are priority sequencing rules except:

MPR337

All of the following techniques are useful for increasing capacity except:

MPR338

In order to forecast cash flow in a make-to-order company, which of the following must be converted into dollars?

MPR339

Which of the following techniques would be best for aggregating and disaggregating demand?

MPR340

Which of the following would NOT be considered a source of demand?

MPR342

What stage of a product life cycle is associated to seeing trends and seasonality?

MPR342

Given the following information, calculate the reorder point.
Average weekly demand = 1250
Safety Stock = 350
Supplier Lead time = 2 weeks
Economic Order Quantity = 500

MPR343

What is the easiest way to reduce lead times?

MPR344

Which of the following does MPS NOT enable?

MPR345

All of the following are inputs to supply planning in the S&OP process EXCEPT

MPR346

Which of the following are inputs to the rough cut capacity plan?
I.   MPS
II.  Resource Plan
III. Critical work center
IV.  Bill of resources

MPR347

Customer performance measurement should be measured against which order date?

MPR348

Which of the following are key problems that safety stock overcomes
I.  Scrap Problems
II.  Replenishment Time
III. Demand Variability
IV. Service Level

MPR349

The free period is between

MPR350

The golden rule with master scheduling is

MPR351

When determining forecast error mean absolute deviation equals 100, what does standard deviation equal using approximation?

MPR352

When justifying a project, which of the following must be included in the approval process
I.   Cost
II.  Benefits
III. Non financial issues

MPR353

Which of the following are NOT a characteristic of a forecast?
I.  Forecasting by product family is more accurate
II.  A forecast is always wrong
III. Forecasts are more accurate further out

MPR354

What are measurements needed to check if the two plans created in the S&OP Meeting are met?
I.  Shipments to plan
II.  Sales orders received per the sales plan
III.  Product family produced in line with the production plan

MPR355

What type of environment would have a production plan that reflects a run rate or a quantity per period per manufacturing family?

MPR356

When updating the MPS, a planner should first

MPR357

Which of the following are included in a typical BOM module
I.  Item Master File
II.  MPS
III. Bill of Material

MPR358

What type of competitive advantage is a company aiming for when the company places a top view of new design features over their competitors?

MPR359

A company is thinking about buying a new machine. They predict that the income this new machine will produce is $1,500,000 with $500,000 in raw material costs to get that income. The new machine costs $1,250,000. What is the return on investment for this new machine?

DSP329

Total Inventory minus Productive Inventory minus protective Inventory equals what?