The following table lists the components needed to assemble an end item, the manufacturing or purchase lead

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The following table lists the components needed to assemble an end item, the manufacturing or purchase lead times (in weeks) for typical lot sizes, amount on Ira nd, and the direct components of each item and, in brackets, the number of each component for each parent.

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a. Draw the product structure tree for the End item.
b. If 40 units of the end item are to be assembled, how many additional units of B are needed? (You don’t need to develop the MRP tables.)
c. An order for 40 units of the end item is scheduled to be shipped at the start of week 8. What is the latest week that the components of the order can be started and the order still be ready to ship on time? (You don’t need to develop the MRP tables.)
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Operations Management

ISBN: 978-0071091428

4th Canadian edition

Authors: William J Stevenson, Mehran Hojati

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