INTE Exam Dumps : Supply Management Integration

At the beginning of each year, a large firm’s indirect procurement organization holds a brainstorming session. These sessions produce many great ideas and foster support among the procurement team. However, after a few years, support for the brainstorming sessions begins to diminish, and the projects discussed are pushed aside in order to deal with more pressing issues. In this situation, which of the following would be the BEST course of action to take?

A manufacturing firm prepares the following materials requirement plan (MRP):

Master Production Schedule

Week123456

Item A101015152020

Relevant Information

ItemItem's ParentItem's Lead TimeItem's Lot SizeItem's Current Inventory

ANone1 weekLFL50

BA2 weeks5010

CB2 weeks5010

Using MRP methodology, how much of Item B should be ordered, and when should it be ordered7

XYZ, Inc. notices that one of its suppliers has been failing to achieve on-time delivery, even though XYZ sends it a 6-month projected order forecast every month. The supplier claims that it takes nine months to receive important raw materials, and that this causes the poor delivery performance. Nevertheless, XYZ must continue purchasing from this supplier, as it is a sole supplier. Given this situation, which of following is the BEST course of action for XYZ to take?