Module 4 : Production Planning and Control /
The time horizon for an aggregate plan is typically:
Select one:
1. 3 to 18 months
2. 24 to 60 months
3. 0 to 3 months
4. None of the above
In the service sector, aggregate planning for the production of high-volume intangible output is directed toward
Select one:
1. finding the size of the workforce to be employed
2. planning for human resource requirements and managing demand.
3. attempting to manage demand to keep equipment and employees working.
4. smoothing the production rate.
The feasibility of the proposed master schedule is assessed using the:
Select one:
1. aggregate plan
2. material plan.
3. rough-cut capacity plan.
4. available-to-promise inventory.
In aggregate planning, planners avoid focusing on individual products or services because:
Select one:
1. capacity can almost always be allocated to different products or services.
2. customers whose demand can't be satisfied out of existing inventory can always be satisfied with other
products or back orders.
3. costs for individual products or services are almost impossible to calculate.
4. focusing on a group of similar products or services tends to be more accurate.
Which one of these is not related to the master scheduling process?
Select one:
1. yield management
2. rough-cut capacity planning
3. time fences
4. available-to-promise
Output measures of capacity are preferred for:
Select one:
1. High-volume processes
2. High customization
3. Flexible flow processes
4. None of the above
The operations area input to the aggregate plan includes:
Select one:
1. Product design changes
2. Workforce capacities
3. Demand forecasts
4. Cost data
Which of the following is NOT a capacity option of aggregate planning?
Select one:
1. varying production rates through overtime or idle time
2. back ordering during high-demand periods
3. changing inventory levels
4. subcontracting
The aggregate planning strategy that is most likely to impact adversely upon the productivity of manufacturing
workers is:
Select one:
1. Layoff of workers
2. Building anticipation inventory
3. Hiring of temporary workers
4. Use of overtime
Utilisation is measured by :
Select one:
1. Effective capacity / Design capacity
2. Actual output / Design capacity
3. Actual output / Effective capacity
4. Design capacity / Actual output
Which of the following functions of the production planning and controlling is related to the time table of
activities?
Select one:
1. Routing
2. Scheduling
3. Dispatching
4. Expediting
Scheduling deals with:
Select one:
1. Number of jobs to be done on a machine
2. Number of machine tools used to do a job
3. Different materials used in the product
4. Fixing up starting and finishing times of each operation in doing a job
Scheduling shows:
Select one:
1. Total cost of production
2. Total material cost
3. Which resource should do which job and when
4. The flow line of materials
Capacity decisions have a direct influence on performance of production system in respect of ___________.
Select one:
1. Delivery performance
2. Quality control
3. Plant size
4. Manpower
Aggregate planning solves problems involving:
Select one:
1. aggregate decisions or stock keeping unit (SKU) level decisions.
2. stock keeping unit (SKU) level decisions rather than aggregate decisions.
3. aggregate decisions rather than stock keeping unit (SKU) level decisions.
4. aggregate decisions and stock keeping unit (SKU) level decisions.
What information does a master production schedule provide that an aggregate plan does not?
Select one:
1. Revenue information for the planning period
2. Specific product family production information
3. Expense information for the planning period
4. A specific machine schedule for each order
Aggregate planning, to be effective, requires inputs from:
Select one:
1. throughout the supply chain.
2. all customers.
3. all departments
4. all suppliers.
