Scenario 11.2 Inventory amounts indicated in the table are available to produce the end item indicated in this bill of materials.
-Use Scenario 11.2 to answer this question.In order to keep their suppliers happy,the company assembling the end item wants to make sure they build enough product to order at least one of each of the components on the lowest level of the BOM.What number of end items will make that happen?
A)8
B)10
C)13
D)16

Question

Scenario 11.2   Inventory amounts indicated in the table are available to produce the end item indicated in this bill of materials.
-Use Scenario 11.2 to answer this question.In order to keep their suppliers happy,the company assembling the end item wants to make sure they build enough product to order at least one of each of the components on the lowest level of the BOM.What number of end items will make that happen?
A)8 
B)10 
C)13 
D)16

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The lowest level components are A, B, C, D and E. The available inventory of each component is as follows:
- A: 13 units
- B: 15 units
- C: 14 units
- D: 17 units
- E: 16 units

To ensure that at least one of each component is used in the end item, we need to find the common factor of the inventory amounts. The common factor is 1, which means we need to produce at least 13 end items to use up all the components at the lowest level. The other components at higher levels will also be consumed in the process.

Therefore, the answer is C) 13 end items.