As the production planner for Xiangling Hu Products, Inc., you have been given a

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As the production planner for Xiangling Hu Products, Inc., you have been given a bill of material for a bracket that is made up of a base, 2 springs, and 4 clamps. The base is assembled from 1 clamp and 2 housings. Each clamp has 1 handle and 1 casting. Each housing has 2 bearings and 1 shaft. There is no inventory on hand. Click the icon to view the product structure. Your boss at Xiangling Hu Products, Inc., has just provided you with the schedule and lead times for the bracket. The unit is to be prepared in week 10. The lead times for the components are bracket (1 week), base (1 week), spring (1 week), clamp (1 week), housing (3 weeks), handle (2 weeks), casting (4 weeks), bearing (1 week) and shaft (1 week).

Explanation / Answer

a)

First, we see that each clamp has 1 handle and 1 casting.

Handle takes 2 weeks and Casting takes 4 weeks.

Hence, product structure A is wrong since they show casting as a three week activity

Also, product structure C is wrong since they show Handle as a one week activity

Now, we see from structures B and D

We see that housing needs 3 weeks

But in Structure D, housing is shown as a two week activity.

Hence, the correct time-phased product structure is B

b)

Hence, we see from the  time-phased product structure B, casting should start in week 3

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