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The Casual Furniture Company The Casual Furniture Company (CFC) makes a variety of bookshelves for homes and businesses. The shelves come in various heights, widths, materials, and finishes. Effective requirements planning is essential for CFC 's performance, and it uses MRP for planning. The MPS and MRP records are shown for one of CFC's products, part number 4301, a four-foot-high and three-footwide standard depth oak bookshelf. The BOM as a product structure diagram is shown in Figure 14-18. FIGURE 14-18 Bookshelf 4301 BOM CFC uses one-week time buckets and a planning horizon of eight weeks. The MPS for the 4301 Bookshelf is shown in Figure 14-19. FIGURE 14-19 MPS Bookshelf 4301 The cabinets are built in the cabinet assembly department and the shelves, backs, sides, and ends are made in the cutting department. The component lot size, lead time, available inventory and safety stock are shown in Figure 14-20. Two associates work in the cutting department, making the available capacity 80 hours per week, without overtime. The processing time for each component in the cutting department is shown in Figure 14-21. FGURE 14-20 Component Lot Size and Inventory Information Page 515 FIGURE 14-21 Cutting Department Processing Time The Casual Furniture Company The Casual Furniture Company (CFC) makes a variety of bookshelves for homes and businesses. The shelves come in various heights, widths, materials, and finishes. Effective requirements planning is essential for CFC 's performance, and it uses MRP for planning. The MPS and MRP records are shown for one of CFC's products, part number 4301, a four-foot-high and three-footwide standard depth oak bookshelf. The BOM as a product structure diagram is shown in Figure 14-18. FIGURE 14-18 Bookshelf 4301 BOM CFC uses one-week time buckets and a planning horizon of eight weeks. The MPS for the 4301 Bookshelf is shown in Figure 14-19. FIGURE 14-19 MPS Bookshelf 4301 The cabinets are built in the cabinet assembly department and the shelves, backs, sides, and ends are made in the cutting department. The component lot size, lead time, available inventory and safety stock are shown in Figure 14-20. Two associates work in the cutting department, making the available capacity 80 hours per week, without overtime. The processing time for each component in the cutting department is shown in Figure 14-21. FGURE 14-20 Component Lot Size and Inventory Information Page 515 FIGURE 14-21 Cutting Department Processing Time