Heather Adams, production manager for a Colorado exercise equipment manufacturer, needs to schedule an order for 50 UltimaSteppers, which are to be shipped in week 8.

Subscripts indicate quantity required for each parent. Assume lot-for-lot order- ing. Below is information about the steppers:

a) Develop a product structure for Heather.

b) Develop a time-phased structure. Develop a net material requirements plan for F. P ....14.26 You are scheduling production of your popular Rustic Coffee Table. The table requires a top, four legs, gallon of stain, gallon of glue, 2 short braces between the legs and 2 long braces between the legs, and a brass cap that goes on the bottom of each leg. You have 100 gallons of glue in inventory, but none of the other components. All items except the brass caps, stain, and glue are ordered on a lot-for-lot basis. The caps are purchased in quantities of 1,000, stain and glue by the gallon. Lead time is 1 day for each item. Schedule the order releases necessary to produce 640 coffee tables on days 5 and 6, and 128 on days 7 and 8.