Overview

Chapter 11
Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling Answer Key

True / False Questions

1. Aggregate planning is capacity planning that typically covers a time horizon of one to three months.

FALSE
Aggregate planning covers the mid-term, typically two to 12 months.

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Learning Objective: 11-01 Explain what aggregate planning is and how it is useful.
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Topic: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

2. The goal of aggregate planning is to achieve a production plan that attempts to balance the organization’s resources and meet expected demand.

TRUE
This is the goal of aggregate planning.

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3. Aggregate planners are concerned with the quality and quantity of expected demand.

FALSE
Aggregate planners are concerned with the quantity and timing of expected demand.

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4. Aggregate planning is used to establish general levels of employment, output, and inventories over an intermediate range of time.

TRUE
This is the domain of aggregate planning.

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Learning Objective: 11-01 Explain what aggregate planning is and how it is useful.
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5. The assignment of work to specific machines and people are examples of aggregate planning.

FALSE
Assigning work to specific machines or people is an example of detailed scheduling.

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Learning Objective: 11-01 Explain what aggregate planning is and how it is useful.
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6. The output from aggregate planning is a detailed business plan covering the next 2 to 12 months.

FALSE
The output is a master schedule.

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Learning Objective: 11-01 Explain what aggregate planning is and how it is useful.
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Topic: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

7. Demand can be altered in aggregate planning by promotion and producing additional product using overtime.

FALSE
These are supply options.

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Learning Objective: 11-03 Describe some of the strategies that can be used for meeting uneven demand.
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Topic: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

8. Capacity can be modified in aggregate planning by promotion and producing additional product using overtime.

FALSE
Promotions do not modify capacity.

9. Organizations facing seasonal changes in demand are prevented from using aggregate planning techniques.

FALSE
Aggregate planning can accommodate seasonal changes in demand.

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Learning Objective: 11-03 Describe some of the strategies that can be used for meeting uneven demand.
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Topic: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

10. Seasonality in demand has the advantage of leveling out requirements for our product or service.

FALSE
Seasonality increases variation in requirements.

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Learning Objective: 11-03 Describe some of the strategies that can be used for meeting uneven demand.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling