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IT 410
Midterm 1
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Undergraduate 4
04/02/2009

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What does ERP mean?
Definition
Enterprise Resource Management
Term
What does MPC stand for?
Definition
Manufacturing Planning & Control
Term
What are the three key areas of influence influence on MPC system design?
Definition

1) Degree of internationalization

2) Role of the customer in the system

3) Increasing use of information technology

Term
Longterm MPC support activity
Definition
Plan capacity requirements and availability to meet marketplace needs
Term
Intermediate term MPC support activity
Definition
1. Plan for the right materials to arrive on time in the right quantities needed for product production.
2. Ensure utilization of capital equipment and other facilities is appropriate
3. Maintain appropriate inventories of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods-in the correct locations. 
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Short term MPC support activity
Definition
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1.Schedule production activities so people and equipment are working on the correct things
2. Track material, people, customer's orders, equipment & other resources in the factory
3. Communicate with customers & suppliers on specific issues and long-term relationships

4. Meet customer requirements in a dynamic environment that may be difficult to anticipate
5. Respond when things go wrong and unexpected problems arise
6. Provide information to other functions on the physical and financial implications of the manufacturing activities.
 

Term
Benefits of MPC Systems
Definition

Improving business performance:

Productivity improvement

Production cost

Inventory turnover

Customer service:

Delivery reliability

Delivery speed

Term
How many companies are actually doing S&OP
Definition
Only about 20%
Term
What does demand management encompass? (its a plumbing diagram box)
Definition
forecasting customer/end product demand, order entry, order promising, accomodating interplant and intercompany demand, and spare parts requirements
Term
What is the essence of demand management? (its a plumbing diagram box)
Definition
Demand managemen coordinates all activities of the business that place demands on manufacturing capacity
Term
What does the box sales & operations planning mean? (its a plumbing diagram box)
Definition
Balances the sales/marketing plans with available production resources to get an agree-on company game plan that determines mfg's role in company strategy
Term
What is MPS (master production schedule) (its a plumbing diagram box)?
Definition
States which end items or product options manufacturing will build in the future. Must support the sales and operations plan
Term
What is resource planning? (its a plumbing diagram box)[image][image]
Definition

1) Determines the capacity necessary to produce the required products now & later. Ex. Short run labor and machine hours.

2)  Provides the basis for matching manufacturing plans and capacity

Term
The first third/front end of the plumbing diagram does  what?
Definition
Sets the activities and systems for overall direction setting
Term
What does MRP stand for?
Definition
Material Resource Planning
Term
What does detailed material planning encompass? (its a plumbing diagram box)
Definition

1) Firms with limited products: specify rates of production

2) Firms with diverse products: use MRP (material requirements planning) that is then utilized by detailed capacity planning systems to compute the labor and machine center capacity to make all the component parts

Term
What does EOQ stand for?
Definition
Economic order quantity
Term

What does the EOQ describe? 

(Economic Order Quantity)

Definition
Describes the relationship between costs of placing orders, carrying inventory & the order quanitity
Term

What simplifying assumptions does the EOQ make?

(Economic order quantity)

Definition

Demand rate is constant

Costs don't change

Production & inventory capacity are unlimited

Term

What is the equation for the EOQ?

(economic order quantity)

Definition
TAC=(A/Q)CP+(Q/2)CH
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What does (A/Q)CP represent?
Definition

Represents annual ordering cost

A=annual demand for the item

Q=order quantity

CP=cost of order preparation

A/Q=total ordering cost/year is proportional to the # of orders placed annually

Term
What does (Q/2)CH represent?
Definition

Annual inventory carrying cost

Q=order quantity

1/2(Q)=average inventory

CH=inventory carrying cost per unit per year

 

Term
What are the methods for determining the lowest-cost ordering quantity?
Definition

1) Graph the total cost equation for various order quantities

 

2) EOQ=√(2CpA/CH

 

Term

What does TBO stand for? What is its formula?

 

 

 


Definition

Economic time between orders

 TBO=EOQ/(average of D)

 

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