- Warwick And Roberts Ltd Assemble Light Chairs For Conference Venues Each Chair Requires A Z Shaped Aluminium Frame Tw 1 (34.79 KiB) Viewed 12 times
a. Based on the sales forecast, work out the weekly aggregatedemand for each part used in the assembly process. (20 marks)
b. Generate the requirements record cards for each part for thefour weeks, including the demand, opening stock, orders released,and deliveries received. (20 marks)
c. Evaluate whether the current production forecast isrealistic. In case any problems are found what might be done tosolve them? (10 marks)
Warwick and Roberts Ltd. Assemble light chairs for conference venues. Each chair requires a Z-shaped aluminium frame, two padded plastic panels and two aluminium handles. Three screws are used to fasten each padded plastic panel to the Z-shaped aluminium frame and two screws of the same type are used for each aluminium handle. The sales department has produced the following expected orders: Predicted sales Week number 1 2 WIN 3 4 60 20 40 30 The current level of stock and ordering Part Opening stock for week 1 Z-shaped aluminium frame Padded-plastic panels Aluminium handles Screws 80 150 170 350 information is as follows: Delivery time from placing order with supplier (weeks) 1 1 1 2 EOQ 40 150 75 400