Choose ONE of the following questions from the end of Chapter 9 and prepare a response using material from your chapter reading.
2 Many practitioners currently update MRP weekly or biweekly. Would it be more valuable if it were updated daily? Discuss.
3 Should safety stock be necessary in an MRP system with dependent demand? If so, why? If not, why do firms carry it anyway?
4 Contrast the significance of the term lead time in the traditional EOQ context and in an MRP system.
6 " MRP just prepares shopping lists. It does not do the shopping or cook the dinner." Comment.
7 What are the sources of demand in an MRP system? Are these dependent or independent, and how are they used as inputs to the system?