Individual Inventory reports provide evidence of the level of finished goods in storage. For…

Individual Inventory reports provide evidence of the level
of finished goods in storage. For reporting example, in the case of the
Lillington Jam Boiling Factory these are needed to decide activity 2 on how
much jam the factory should produce. The decision on quantity to produce is
carried out by the manager in charge of the production planning system. The
Lillington Jam Boiling Factory operates a machine known as a jam boiler that
reduces down the ingredients needed to make a range of tasty jams and
conserves. The jam boiler can make a maximum of 1000 kg of jam and each boiling
process

Individual Inventory reports provide evidence of the level
of finished goods in storage. For reporting example, in the case of the
Lillington Jam Boiling Factory these are needed to decide activity 2 on how
much jam the factory should produce. The decision on quantity to produce is
carried out by the manager in charge of the production planning system. The
Lillington Jam Boiling Factory operates a machine known as a jam boiler that
reduces down the ingredients needed to make a range of tasty jams and
conserves. The jam boiler can make a maximum of 1000 kg of jam and each boiling
process takes one hour, with only six hours of boiling time available per
working day (assuming five working days per week of production). The following
is an inventory report for the Lillington Jam Boiling Factory for last week.

1 Fill in the gaps indicated by the question mark symbol by
providing the daily rate of sales figures. 2 Acting as a production planning
manager, indicate which jams should be made and in which order of boiling. 3
Jam is produced in boilers that can make 1000 kg per batch. Indicate why the
production planning system might not want to make less than a full batch. 4 The
production planning system is also concerned with reducing non-productive time.
Suggest what form this may take with a jam boiler. 5 ICT-based systems monitor
the state of production planning in the production control system and know who
and which machinery is doing what at any time. Suggest what form monitoring
should take in such an environment. 6 Suggest what additional information can
be derived from the production control process.