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Chapter 12: Aggregate Planning
Lesson 38-Tutorial 11
Dear Students, today we are going to have a tutorial session for the previous
lesson. The overall objective is to appreciate how the theoretical concepts are
translated and applied into practical business situations.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
a. true
b. false
8. Both extended overtime and under time are human resource utilization
strategies that may lead to lower per unit productivity.
a. true
b. false
9. Four reactive alternative strategies that are used as starting points for
aggregate plans can be classified as capacity and inventory strategies
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. false
a. True
b. False
12. Acceptable aggregate plans involving anticipation inventory requires the
use of a common unit of measure such as employee-period equivalents.
a. True
b. False
13 When Total Capacity, product demand, and production costs of goods are
known for each production period, one transportation method solution is
sufficient to determine the best work-force plan.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
15. A level strategy is a preferred approach in the service sector when the
staffing plan is developed.
a. True
b. False
17. A service firm's aggregate plan links the firm's strategic goals and
objectives with detailed operational plans called:
a. production plan
b. staffing plan
c. work-force schedule
d. none of the above
18. Which of the following statements does NOT apply to a production plan?
20. A for-profit service may expect to encounter which of the following sequence of
plans?
a. business plan; staffing plan; work-force schedule
b. business plan; production plan; work-force schedule
c. financial plan; staffing plan; master production schedule
d. Annual plan; production plan; master production schedule
23. A reactive strategy that is sometimes called the capacity strategy may be
characterized as:
a. Chase #1: vary work-force level to match demand
b. Chase #2: vary output rate to match demand
c. Level #1: constant work-force level
d. Level #2: constant output rate
24. The aggregate planning strategy that is most likely to impact the productivity of
manufacturing workers, adversely, is:
a. hiring of temporary workers
b. use of overtime
c. layoff of workers
d. building anticipation inventory
25. A linear programming model CANNOT be used when which of the following are
true?
a. an optimal production plan is desired
b. the values of decision variables are fractional
c. a set of linear constraints may be defined
d. cross product relationships exist between two or more decision
variables
26. The transportation method may be used to determine the costs of alternative
strategies for anticipation inventory when which of the following data are
available?
27. Which of the following statements are true about anticipation inventory?
28. When following a utilization strategy, which alternative relies on external sources
of production?
a. overtime/undertime
b. Subcontracting
c. back orders
d. stock outs
29. A major department store initiates a business plan that gets translated into an
operational plan called a _______________.
a. production plan
b. staffing plan
c. master production schedule
d. work-force schedule
30. An appliance manufacturer initiates a business plan that gets translated into an
operational plan called a _______________.
a. production plan
b. staffing plan
c. master production schedule
d. work-force schedule