1、Which of the following communicates in-transit inventories to a warehouse?Bill of distributionMaster scheduleOrder acknowledgment to warehouseDistribution requirements planning ()Which of the following data is an input to distribution requirements planning?Location pointsOrder valueShipping schedule
2、sInterplant demand (正确答案)Which of the following issues is most likely to lead to the use of a short-term, rather than long-term,forecasting process?How to respond to a competitors test marketing of a new product (正确答案)How to configure the supply chain to support a new market segmentWhether to outsou
3、rce a capital-intensive subassembly processWhether to take a price-leadership or a product-differentiation postureWhich of the following factors has the greatest effect on the length of the forecast horizon?Cumulative product lead timePurpose of the forecast (正确答案)Frequency of forecast revisionSize
4、of forecast periodWhich of the following statements about both econometric models and market research is true?They can be used in place of adaptive smoothingThey are useful in aggregate planning ()They are useful in forecasting at the stockkeeping unit levelThey are examples of intrinsic forecasting
5、 techniquesWhen quantitative data are being evaluated, a very small bias in a forecast can best be explained by which of the following statements?The absolute values of all forecast errors were approximately equal.The variability of forecast data was skewedA very small alpha factor was used.Positive
6、 forecast errors approximately offset negative forecast errors ()The forecast tracking signal is the ratio of the:cumulative error to the MAD. ()cumulative error to the forecastforecast to the MADstandard deviation to the MADA demand filter can best be used for which of the following purposes?To rem
7、ove seasonal variability from forecast dataTo remove scrap loss from a work center historyTo adjust the alpha factorTo flag a large order ()Elements calculated in the master scheduling process includeallocations.time fences.service-parts forecastavailable-to-promise ()Available-to-promise data facil
8、itates the process ofinventory planningcapacity planningforecastingorder entry (正确选项)A bill of resources typically contains information about a productsinventory balanceskey work centers ()production schedulecomplete list of componentsWhich of the following actions is best for a company to take when
9、 a 2-week plant shutdown for retooling is planned for the next year?Increase planned production (正确答案)Alter the strategic planIncrease material requirements planning safety-stock levelsDecrease the planned sales level during the shutdownThe most effective way to cope with uncertainty of demand and t
10、o improve customer service is to reduce:lead times (正确答案)backlogssafety stockproduct optionsWhich of the following tools is used to accommodate forecast errors when developing the master production schedule?Planning time fenceFirm planned ordersSafety stock ()Available-to-promiseIn an assemble-to-or
11、der environment, which of the following factors is most significant in determining which items should be master scheduled?Size of the forecast errorLength of the master schedule horizonNumber of levels in the bill of materialNumber of product options (正确答案)Rough-cut capacity planning is best used to
12、:determine labor requirementsestablish order prioritiesassess the load on a work centerevaluate the master production schedule (正确选项) Which of the following weekly production rates best supports these criteria?In a repetitive manufacturing environment where a level production rate must be maintained
13、, the following customer backog must be satisfied with NO late shipment;Week Customer backlog qty1 782 683 904 585 56707880 ()90Translation of a master production schedule directly into key resources results in a:bill of laborfinal assembly schedulerough-cut capacity plan (正确选项)Which of the followin
14、g statements is true about items that appear on a final assembly schedule?They are used as input to the production planThey are released without regard for component availabilityThey are stated in terms of end items or customer orders (正确选项)They do not appear on a shipment scheduleIn a capacity-cons
15、trained situation, which of the following actions is best to take if marketing wants to increase production of a master schedule item?Increase production of the item, but do not make any other changesIncrease production of the item, and decrease production of another item ()Increase production of th
16、e item, and change the production planIf the item is within the demand time fence, let the computer make the changeautomaticallyIf the master production schedule is overstated, which of the following short-term actions is most appropriate?The demand time fence should be moved outLot sizes should be
17、decreasedSafety stocks should be decreasedFirm planned orders should be rescheduled (正确答案)In an assemble-to-order environment, which of the following indicators is most appropriatefor measuring the effectiveness of the master scheduling process?Number of stockoutsCapacity utilizationCustomer order f
18、ill rate (正确答案)Aggregate inventoryProduction is being planned to emphasize the utilization of a critical and very expensivepiece of capital equipment. Which of the following production planning strategies should beused?ChaseLevel ()Cost-basedCombinationSales and operations planning in a make-to-stoc
19、k environment is concerned with projectingitem forecastsinventory ()backlogbookingsWhich of the following forecasting methods is most appropriate for projecting demand for aproduct family?Single exponential smoothingPyramid (正确答案)FocusSimple averageThe greatest risk of aggregating product families a
20、t too high of a level for sales andoperations planning is that:it will be more difficult to reconcile the sales plans with the business planimbalances between the demand plan and resources may not be visible (正确答案)the resource planning process will be more complicatedthe sales forecasts will not be
21、as accurate for the larger product familiesIn a make-to-order environment, if cumulative production exceeds cumulative demand,which of the following outcomes will result?Inventory will increaseThe backlog will increaseExcess capacity will existThe backlog will decrease (正确选项)Which of the following i
22、nputs to the demand planning phase of sales and operationsplanning typically is most important for a product line that is made to customer order?Statistical information about historical salesAn analysis of past forecast errorsInformation about planned pricing actionsSales force input about customer
23、plans ()A firm uses the level production planning approach to produce a product family to stock.Senior management has requested that the finished-goods inventory for the product familybe reduced by 18% over the sales and operations planning horizon. Which of the followingstatements best describes th
24、e relationship between total demand and total productionrequired for the product family over the planning horizon?There is not sufficient data to determine the relationshipTotal production required will be greater than total demandTotal production required and demand will be equalTotal production re
25、quired will be less than total demand (正确选项)Which of the following processes typically is linked directly to the customer-order processing component of demand management for a firm that finishes and packages goods to customer order?Master scheduling (正确答案)Detailed material planningBusiness planningR
26、esource planningWhich of the following types of activities links the marketplace, sister plants, warehouses and distribution channels?Sales managForecast managementResource managementDemand management (正确答案)A company is transitioning from a make-to-stock production environment to a finish-to-order p
27、roduction environment. Which of the following outcomes is most likely to occur as a result of the transition?Forecasts will become more detailedPlanning or phantom bills of material will be created (正确答案)Less training will be required in the distribution centersInventory levels will be increasedThe
28、production plan relates to a firms financial planning because it is used to:calculate standard product costsdetermine variable costsproject payroll costsidentify future cash needs ()The resource profile approach to rough-cut capacity planning is desirable in the manufacture of parts with lengthy lead times because the approach:uses detailed data about time standards for each product at the key resourcesassumes that all components are built in the same period as the end itemconsiders the historical portion of the total plant time requiredtime phases labor requirements (正确选项)An outcome o
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