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CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Production Planning and Control

In a manufacturing firm, the plan that sets monthly output, workforce and inventory levels for product families over roughly the next 6 to 18 months is called:

It is the aggregate production plan. It determines output rates, workforce size and inventory for product families over a medium-term horizon of about 6 to 18 months, rather than detailing individual items or jobs, which are handled by later short-term schedules.

  1. AAggregate production planCorrect
  2. BShop-floor dispatching schedule
  3. CDetailed operation sheet
  4. DMaterial requirement purchase order

Explanation

Aggregate planning works at product-family level over a medium-term horizon, deciding output rate, workforce and inventory. Dispatching and operation sheets are short-term, job-level documents, and purchase orders deal with buying, not family-level capacity.

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