QUESTION 4

• Carlow Beer has developed the following MPS.
• Calculate the projected available balance and the available to promise quantities for Carlow Beer.
  

• Carlow Beer has received the following additional customer’s orders shown here. You must determine which of the orders the company can accept. If the company must reject any orders, you must clearly explain why and suggest a compromise.
  
• The product structure tree and the master schedule for item X is shown below. Beginning inventories, lead times and safety stocks for components of X are given below. Complete a materials requirement plan for components A, B, C and D.

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