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Note: The following problem is fictitious but employs names of, and news from, real organizations. The idea is to increase the reality of the situation, and to improve your awareness of various industries and organizations.

You're working as a summer intern in the scheduling department at the Wausau, WI operations of Fiskars Brands, Inc. The scheduling supervisor is out sick and you’re in charge of the MRP system until she’s back. The vice president of sales has emailed you for details on what the factory’s plan will be for filling an upcoming 600 unit order of No. 10 office shears for Emmons Business Interiors, a local office supply company. The order is due seven days from now.

Each No. 10 office shear includes a top assembly and a bottom assembly. A top assembly includes a bent plastic grip connected to a bent metal blade. A bottom assembly includes a straight plastic grip connected to a straight metal blade. A screw fastens the top and bottom assembly together.

There are 90 bent plastic grips, 150 straight blades, 350 bent blades, 20 top assemblies, and 45 bottom assemblies currently on hand.

Lead times are one day for final scissor assembly, one day for top and bottom assemblies, two days for metal blades, and five days for plastic grips. Lead time for screws is one day.

Respond to the veep in a memo. Here are the questions on her mind:

Will we complete the order on time?
What is the design of this product (think product tree)?
What needs to be ordered and when in order to complete the order (think MRP tables)?

Use the data in the problem in your analysis.