Aggregate Planning and Scheduling Differ in That

question 23

Multiple Choice

Aggregate planning and scheduling differ in that

• A) the former ensures that capacity is efficiently used, whereas the latter is the acquisition of resources.
• B) the former is short term, whereas the latter is medium term.
• C) the former is last in the hierarchy of capacity planning decisions, and the latter is first.
• D) the former deals with acquiring resources, and the latter deals with allocating resources.

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Definitions:

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