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Hanging Solutions manufactures products that help to organize closets. Their best-known product is a wooden hanger. It is composed of a metal hook attached to a wooden support. The components are ordered lot-for-lot. The hooks are readily available with a one-week lead-time, but the supplier of the wooden supports can only offer a 2-week lead-time. The master production schedule is given below. Using MRP logic, calculate the planned order release schedule if there are 400 hangers currently in inventory.

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Demand 0 125 134 145 167 138 129 115

Please provide in format that shows the calculations so I can see how the schedule is derived.

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The expert examines MRP logic for order release schedules.

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  • MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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