Space Age Furniture Company

Space Age Furniture Company
Read �Space Age Furniture Company� in Chapter 9 of your text. Respond to the following and include any Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) calculations:
� Develop an MRP for Space Age Furniture Company using the information in the case including the production of sub-assemblies in lot sizes of 1,000.
� The lot size of 1,000 for sub-assemblies has produced a lumpy demand for part 3079. Suggest ways for improvements over sub-assemblies in lot sizes of 1,000.
� Analyze the trade-off between overtime costs and inventory costs.
� Calculate a new MRP that improves the base MRP.
� Compare and contrast the types of production processing�job shop, batch, repetitive, or continuous�and determine which the primary mode of operation is and why.
� Describe ways that management can keep track of job status and location during production.
� Recommend any changes that might be beneficial to the company and/or add value for the customer.