Chapter 14: The Casual Furniture Company

Read the case in chapter 14 and answer the following questions:

1. Develop the MRP for all of the components.

2. During week 1 of the plan, the bracket supplier notifies CFC that the order for 600 units will not arrive as planned. Instead, 300 will arrive this week and 300 will arrive next week, instead of all 600 arriving at the same time. Will this affect production and, if so, to what extent?

3. Now that the plan has been developed, is it feasible to consider the capacity of the cutting department? What recommendations do you have?

4. If you could change the lead times or lot-sizing policies used for any of the components, what changes would you make? Why?