Reference no: EM13741820
- Toy Discovery, Inc. is a relatively small company in Boston. It designs, develops, and produces a variety of innovative learning toys, games, and books for early child education. The company was founded in 1980 by a preschool educator and, since the creation, continues to grow from the passion for helping children through play. Today, Toy Discovery is a leader in providing toys and games for early childhood education. It is also a foremost direct marketing company of its kind, because most of these toys and games are sold to the customers directly via the Internet.
- One of the company's product lines is dedicated to two types of toy cars: the red-and-yellow race car (20-CAR-RED) and blue retro car (20-CAR-BLUE) (see pictures of the cars below).
- The list of finished units and parts/components used in both toys is shown in table 1, and bills of materials (BOMs) for these toys are presented in Figures 1 and 2 .
- Toy Discovery assembles car toys in its Boston Manufacturing facility (M2) from several component parts: wheels, axles, and main car body. These components are outsourced from two major suppliers: Seattle Manufacturing (M1) and Dallas Manufacturing (M3) (see Table 2).
- The master demand schedule (MDS) on week 5 of is 940 units for the red-and-yellow car (20-CAR-RED), and 850 units for the blue car (20-CAR-BLUE).
- Questions.
• Briefly explain what inputs you will use for the MRP in this case.
• Use Excel to develop the MRP for the toys using the MDS on the week of June 6 and information presented.
• Provide a brief explanation of the developed MRP schedules for 20-AXLE and 20-WHEEL.
Finished Product and Component
Table 1
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Component
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Item Description
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Characteristic
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Producer/Su pplier
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20-CAR-RED
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Red-and-yellow race car
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Finished product
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Boston Manufacturing (M2)
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|
20-CAR-BLUE
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Blue retro car
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Finished product
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Boston Manufacturing (M2)
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20-BODY-RED
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Body of the red-and-yellow car
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Purchased part
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Seattle Manufacturing (M1)
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20-BODY-BLUE
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Body of the blue retro car
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Purchased part
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Seattle Manufacturing (M1)
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20-W HL-ASSEM
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Wheel assembly
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Sub assembly
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Boston Manufacturing (M2)
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20-AXLE
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Car axle
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Purchased part
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Dallas Manufacturing (M3)
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20-W HEEL
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Car wheel
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Purchased part
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Dallas Manufacturing (M3)
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Table 2:
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Item
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Item Description
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Characteristic
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Producer/Supplier
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Lead
Time.days
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Safety
stock units
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On-hand
Inventory.
units
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Orc@ring
Policy
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20-CAR-RED
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R ed-andlellovr race car
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Finished product
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Boston It nufacturing (M2)
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5
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30
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50
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Lot-for-lot
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20-CAR-BLUE
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Blue retro car
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Finished product
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Boston fit nufacturinq (M2)
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5
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25
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35
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Lot-for-lot
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20-BODY-RED
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Body of the red-and-yelbv:
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Purchased part
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Seattle Itnufacturing (MU
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5
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50
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100
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Lot-for-lot
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20-BODY-BLUE
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Body of the blue retro car
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Purchased part
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Settle rAinufacturing (M1)
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5
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75
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120
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Lot-for-lot
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|
20-WHL-ASSEM
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Wheel assently
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Sub assently
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Boston filinufacturing (M2)
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5
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130
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210
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Lot-for-lot
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20-AXLE
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Car axle
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Purchased part
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Dallas Manufacturing (M3)
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10
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100
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180
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Lot-for-lot
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20-WHEEL
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Cartwheel
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Purchased part
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Dallas Manufacturing (M3)
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10
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100
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320
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Lot-for-lot
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