SCMN TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
According to this week's reading about facility location, what factors tend to push facilities toward the marketplace?
High capital costs.
Substitutability of products.
Lack of labor availability.
High land costs. - Answer-Substitutabil...
According to this week's reading about facility location, what factors tend to push
facilities toward the marketplace?
High capital costs.
Substitutability of products.
Lack of labor availability.
High land costs. - Answer-Substitutability of products
According to this week's reading, ___________ is a method for the effective planning of
all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally, it addresses operational planning in
units, financial planning in dollars, and has a simulation capability to answer "what-if"
questions.
Sales and operations planning
Materials requirements planning
Manufacturing resource planning
Supply chain management - Answer-Manufacturing resource planning
According to the weekly readings, the Sales and Operations Planning process should
focus on:
Analysis
Collaboration
Integration
Education - Answer-Integration
In which sequencing method do companies coordinate supply chain processes based
upon meeting deadlines in a timely fashion?
Random execution
First-in, first-served
Shortest process time
Earliest due date - Answer-Earliest due date
Scheduling comes before sequencing. In scheduling, we develop plans for our work
centers where production activities occur. We load the schedule, comparing it to the
workcenter capacities to validate schedule feasibility. Then you sequence individual
jobs.
True
False - Answer-True
, In _____________, companies begin to coordinate production and fulfillment resources
as soon as customer requirements are known.
Backward scheduling
Event scheduling
Forward scheduling
Project scheduling - Answer-Foreward scheduling
Which of the following is NOT a primary goal of Materials Requirements Planning?
Improve use of manufacturing capacity
Reduce manufacturing costs
Increase the use of expedited deliveries
Avoid stockouts of key products - Answer-Increase the use of expedited deliveries
Which of the following is an output of the Materials Requirements Planning system?
Bill of materials
Manufacturing orders
Inventory master file
Sales & operations report - Answer-Manufacturing orders
Which calculated element of the Materials Requirements Plan tell us what needs to be
made and when production needs to begin?
Gross requirements
Planned order release
Scheduled receipts
Net requirements - Answer-Planned order release
____________ ties your operational plan to your strategic business plan, providing a
holistic view of demand, supply, and finance so that you can plan to profit.
Supply chain planning
Materials requirements planning
Capacity management planning
Sales and operations planning - Answer-Sales and operations planning
Which part of the organization is NOT normally involved in the Sales & Operations
Planning process?
Manufacturing
Supply chain management
Human resources
Finance - Answer-Human resources
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