Fill in the following master schedule with the Projected Available and the Available-

to-Promise sections, then answer the questions:

Demand Time Fence = 3 Planning Time Fence = 10 On-hand = 46

a. Is there anything on the master schedule that should be of great concern? Why, and what should you do?

b. A customer wants eight of the units in period 4.

What should you tell them and why?

c. After you satisfy the customer who wants the eight in period 4, another customer wants 16 in period 5.

What do you tell them and why?

d. Suppose the forecast for period 12 increases from 30 up to 75 units because of a possible marketing campaign. What should you do and why?

e. Sales informs you they want you to add a MPS of 50 in period 8 for a sales promotion.

What should you tell them and why?

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Period Forecast Cust. orders Projected avail. ATP MPS 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 20 25 20 30 30 20 20 25 25 20 20 30 21 22 24 20 17 21 17 12 9 11 4 2 50 50 50 50 50