A production environment where a good or service can be assembled after receipt of a customers order
Final Assemble schedule
A schedule of end items to finish the product for specific customers orders in a MTO or ATO environment
Finite loading
Assigning no more work to a work center than the work center can be expected to execute in a given time period
Infinite loading
Calculation of the capacity required at work centers in the time periods required regardless of the capacity available to perform this work
Multilevel bill of material
A display of all the components directly or indirectly used in a parent, together with the quantity required of each component
modular bill of material
A type of planning bill that is arranged in product modules or options
overload
A condition when the total hours of work outstanding at a work center exceed that work center's capacity
overstated master production schedule
A schedule that includes either past due quantities or quantities that are greater than the ability to produce, given current capacity and material availability.
planning bill of material
An artificial grouping of items or events in BOM format used to facilitate master scheduling and material planning
rough cut capacity planning
The process of converting the MPS into requirements for key resources, often including labor, machinery, warehouse space, suppliers capabilities, and in some cases money
single level bill of material
A display of components that are directly used in a parent item; it shows only the relationships one level down
two level master schedule
A master scheduling approach in which a planning BOM is used to master schedule an end product or family, along with selected key features such as options and accessories
A time fence policy does which of the following?
A) Controls the amount of change that can occur during predefined areas of the planning horizon
Which of the following are the elements of demand?
C) projected sales and orders
Which of the following are data required for the development of a realistic MPS?
D) I, II, and workforce constraints
Which of the following are possible solution for a master scheduler trying to resolve a short term problem with an overloaded critical workcenter?
A) I and II only
In master scheduling, hedging refers to a practice which
B) A, B, and provides safety ivnetnory in case volume is greater than forecast
The production forecast
C) forecasts the family ATP multiplied by option percentages
What is the difference between a FAS and a MPS?
A) The FAS addresses a shorter term planning period than the MPS and looks at customer orders rather than forecasted demand
Which of the following is defined ad the process of converting the MPS into the load for critical resources?
C) RCCP
In which of the following zones is it most difficult to respond to changes in customer demand?
C) frozen
In which of the following zones can changes be made with relative ease?
