Eva\'s company makes tables with three components as shown in the accompanying p

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Eva's company makes tables with three components as shown in the accompanying product structure tree. This company wants to ship 50 units at the end of 4 weeks, 75 at the beginning of 8 weeks. 50 wood sections are scheduled at the beginning of day2. There is a balance of braces-30 and legs-60. Lead time in weeks is mentioned for various quantity in the below table. The product tree diagram is also shown a) Prepare a Master Production schedule a) Prepare a material requirement plan using lot-for-lot ordering. Table Wood sections (2) Braces (3) Legs (4) Quantity 1-50 Lead time 1 week 2 weeks 101-1503

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* Note: 50 is required at the end of 4th week i.e. at the beginning of 5th week.

Also, we assume that the lead time chart is applicable to Table production as well.

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* 50 units will be received on day 2 i.e. in week 1

Table 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gross Requirement 50* 75 Scheduled Receipt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Projected on hand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Net Requirement 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 75 MPS 0 0 0 50 0 75 0 0

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