CPIM CPIM Master Planning and MRP Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

What is the Master Production Schedule (MPS) responsible for?

Accepted Answer

Specifying what end items to produce, in what quantities, and when

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Allocating machine capacity across all work centers

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Determining safety stock levels for finished goods

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Setting reorder points for raw materials

Question 2

Which concept in master planning refers to the policy of not changing the MPS within a defined short-term window?

Accepted Answer

Time fencing

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Demand time fence

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Planning time fence

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Frozen zone

Question 3

What is 'available-to-promise' (ATP) in a master planning context?

Accepted Answer

The uncommitted portion of planned production that can be promised to new customer orders

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The current on-hand inventory balance

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The total capacity available at a bottleneck work center

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Safety stock reserved for high-priority customers

Question 4

In master planning, what does a 'rough-cut capacity plan' (RCCP) validate?

Accepted Answer

That the MPS is feasible against key resource constraints before running MRP

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Detailed work center loading across all periods

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The accuracy of the bill of materials

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Supplier lead times for critical components

Question 5

What is the 'planning horizon' in the context of the MPS?

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The total time span covered by the master schedule, which must be at least as long as the cumulative lead time

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The period between two MRP regeneration runs

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The maximum order quantity allowed for a single item

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The time allowed for customer order changes

Question 6

Which planning approach rebuilds the entire MRP plan from scratch each time it is run?

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Regenerative MRP

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Net change MRP

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Continuous MRP

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Incremental MRP