Scheduling

Question 1

Business Plan: Duration and Description

Answer 1

Long term: 2-10 years, new products, facility, location,

Question 2

Aggregate Plan (S&OP): Duration and Description
What and How you aggregate matters

Answer 2

Medium Term: 6-18 months, production plan to meet aggregate demand

Question 3

Master Production Schedule: Duration and Description

Answer 3

Short Term: Weekly, Daily , production plan for individual products

Question 4

Product Families

Answer 4

Products w/ similar demand requirements and processing/labour requirements grouped together

Question 5

Aggregation depends on Workforce

Answer 5

depends on workforce flexibility

Question 6

Planning Horizon

Answer 6

Length of time covered by plan

Question 7

Sales and Operating Plan, S&OP (6)

Answer 7

Marketing
Operations
Accounting
Human Resources
Materials
Engineering

Question 8

Demand can be satisfied by adjusting (5)

Answer 8

Anticipation inventory, workforce levels, capacity utilization, vacation scheduling, subcontracting

Question 9

Anticipation inventory and adjusting demand

Answer 9

built up during slow periods

Question 10

Workforce levels can be changed through

Answer 10

hiring and laying off workers/employees

Question 11

Overtime and Undertime can be used to

Answer 11

adjust output within workforce

Question 12

Shut down plant during slow periods forces

Answer 12

vacation time, skeleton production

Question 13

Subcontractors can be used to deal with

Answer 13

short term capacity storage

Question 14

Two scheduling strategies

Answer 14

Chase and Level

Question 15

Level Strategy:
_____ production rate
demand variability dealt by (4)
good for which type of process structure alignment
good for _____ stability
bad for inventory ____ or _____
example

Answer 15

constant
inventory, back orders, overtime, undertime, subcontractors
make-to-stock
workforce stability
stockouts or build up
example pen factory

Question 16

Describe Level Strategy graph

Answer 16

production constant and demand fluctuates around the production. Respect to time and units

Question 17

Chase Strategy:
production “____” demand
change production by _____
good for which type of process structure alignment
good for _____ inventory
bad for employee _____
example

Answer 17

chases
hiring/firing workers
make to order, service
minimizing inventory
employee morale
pizza production, fast fashion

Question 18

Describe graph of chase strategy

Answer 18

fluctuating pattern of demand and production (equivalent) with respect to time and units

Question 19

Mixed Strategy, used and considers?

Answer 19

used in real life
considers full range supply options

Question 20

What are supply chain options?

Answer 20

Hiring workers, lying off workers (Chase), overtime, undertime and vacation scheduling (level), anticipation inventory, part time workers, subcontractors and other managing demand strategies from forecast unit (mixed)