Excercise 5,6
Excercise 5,6
Excercise 5,6
The Alpha Beta Company produces two products; A and B, that are made from components C
and D. Given the following product structures, master scheduling requirements, and inventory
information, determine when orders should be released for A, B, C, and D and the size of those
orders
LLC:
item A 0
lotsize: L4L LT: 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
gross requirement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
schedule receipts
projected on hand 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
net requirement 90
planned order
receipts 90
planned order
releases 90
Answer
item B LLC: 0 period
lotsize: L4L LT: 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
gross requirement 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 0
schedule receipts
projected on hand 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0
net requirement 195
planned order receipts 195
planned order releases 195
LLC:
item C 0 period
lotsize: Min 50 LT: 4 1 4 2 5 3 6 7 8
gross requirement 0 0 0 270 0 0 0 0
schedule receipts
projected on hand 140 140 140 140 140 0 0 0 0
net requirement 130
planned order
receipts 130
planned order
releases 130
Exercise 6
Files and More, Inc. (F&M), a manufacturer of office equipment, uses MRP to schedule its production.
Because of the current recession and the need to cut costs, F&M has targeted inventory as a prime area
for cost reduction. However, the company does not want to reduce its customer service level in the
process. Demand and inventory data for a two-drawer file cabinet are given in the following table.
Complete an MRP matrix for the file cabinet using:
(a) L4L
(b) EOQ
(c) POQ lot sizing.
Which lot-sizing rule do you recommend?
Answer
20+ 40+30+10+ 45
d́= =29
5
a.
L4L
item LLC: 0 period
lot size: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
gross requirement 20 40 30 10 45
schedule receipts
projected on hand 25 5 0 0 0 0
net requirement 35 30 10 45
planned order receipts 35 30 10 45
planned order releases 35 30 10 45
b.
2 Co d́
EOQ=
√ √Cc
=
2 ×100 × 29
1
=76
EOQ
item LLC: 0 period
lot size: EOQ 77 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
gross requirement 20 40 30 10 45
schedule receipts
projected on hand 25 5 42 12 2 34 X
net requirement 35 43
planned order receipts 77 77
planned order releases 77 77
POQ
item LLC: 0 period
lot size: POQ 3 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
gross requirement 20 40 30 10 45
schedule receipts
projected on hand 25 5 40 10 0 0
net requirement 35 45
planned order receipts 75 45
planned order releases 75 45