Question

Planning and control __________.

A) Unselected translates the master schedule for final products into detailed material requirements
B) Unselected refers to the observation that any change, even a small one, in the requirements for items at the top of the bill of material can have drastic effects on items further down the bill of material
C) Unselected is a time-phased planning approach similar to MRP that uses planned orders at the point of demand (customer, warehouse, etc.) to determine forecasted demand at the source level (often a plant)
D) Unselected is a set of tactical and execution-level business activities that includes master scheduling, material requirements planning, and some form of production activity control and vendor order management
E) Unselected I DON'T KNOW YET

Answer 1

D) Unselected is a set of tactical and execution-level business activities that includes master scheduling, material requirements planning, and some form of production activity control and vendor order management.

Step-by-step explanation:

Planning and control (Production planning and control system, PPC) is concerned with the reconciliation between what the market requires and what the operation's resources can deliver. Planning and control activities provide the systems, procedures and decisions which bring different aspects of supply and demand together. Planning and control can also be defined as a set of tactical and execution-level business activities that includes master scheduling, material requirements planning, and some form of production activity control and vendor order management.

Answer 2

D) is a set of tactical and execution-level business activities that includes master scheduling, material requirements planning, and some form of production activity control and vendor order management

Explanation:

Note that, to plan, to schedule are synonymous terms therefore planning is a deliberate action that involves a set of tactical and execution-level business activities.

This business activities usually involves material planning as well as production control activities inorder to execute operations smoothly.