WGU C720 Operations and Supply Chain Management Exam| Questions and Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024 Latest Update!!!

WGU C720 Operations and Supply Chain Management Exam| Questions and Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024 Latest Update!!! QUESTION A hospital administrator needs to determine how many beds to make available for exam rooms, operating rooms, and in-patient care. The hospital board announces they will be getting more patient referrals from specialists at a newly opened clinic. What should the administrator use to forecast how many beds to make available, given the increased number of patients? Answer: Weighted moving average using patient referral data QUESTION A furniture company receives an order for 100 dining tables with four legs each. The planner has determined that the projected number of legs on hand is 60 units. If there is no previously scheduled production for legs, what will be the planned production of legs? Answer: 340 QUESTION What is the time horizon for medium-range forecasting? Answer: 6 to 18 months QUESTION A computer company receives an order for 100 computers from a customer inside of its lead time. The production planner agrees to support the order. Which two outputs will the MRP system issue? Choose 2 answers Answer: Planned order receipts and Expedite notice QUESTION A bicycle company receives an order to deliver 200 bicycles by the end of the month. Which planning process will help this company to decide the required quantity of bicycle tires to meet the order? Answer: MRP QUESTION A large retail chain is developing an aggregate plan for its "holiday tree" product line. It does not specify Douglas fir, pine, spruce tree, or artificial tree variations, just overall quantity of trees to be offered throughout the holiday season. What is the appropriate time fence for the aggregate plan? Answer: 6 to 18 months before the holiday season begins QUESTION The sales department for a company is having their sales representatives meet with customers to develop a sales plan for the coming year. The sales plan details prior year sales, current year sales, and year-to-year sales growth. Each customer can estimate how many products they plan to buy from the sales representatives the following year. Each customer signs the sales plan, and the sales representatives forward it to their sales managers. The sales managers then tally up the estimated sales and forward the totals on to the vice president of sales. The vice president then announces what the predicted sales for the company will be for the coming year. What was used to predict sales for the coming year? Answer: The buildup method QUESTION A company has developed a new product that links a smartphone app to a