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1. Mention situations in (a) banking, (b) advertising, (c)
agriculture, and (d) hoteliering where production and operations management is
involved. Describe the inputs, outputs, processes and utilities.
2. What are the hurdles in the globalization of services?
Mention the managerial, social and political issues. Are services, generally
more difficult to globalize? What are the implications in the Indian context of
the newly liberalized economy?
3. Typical Linear Programming has one objective function. But,
in many practical situations, there could be more than one objective. How can
one take care of such a situation? Explain by means of an example.
4. How would different Queuing Disciplines affect waiting line
characteristics? Explain by giving examples.
5. How would you control quality in a job-shop situation (where
one customer’s order may be different from another’s).
6. As a management discipline, does maintenance management
differ from production management? If yes, in what way?
7. Describe the use of information technology in supply chains.
8. ‘Inventory is a part of manufacturing strategy.’ Do you
agree with this statement? If so, explain why it should be only a part of the
total manufacturing strategy?
9. Can the Plant layout principles be applied to forming a
layout of an office? What criteria would you use in designing such a layout?
10. Would the LOB (Line Of Balance) technique be more useful to
the General Manager (Production) or to a Plant Superintendent? Explain
Q 1 : Identify the appropriate
level of risk for the following items and justify your answer.
(a) Space Shuttle (b) X-ray machine (c) Camera (d) Canned
soup (e) Pencil
(f) Computer keyboard (g) Chair
(h) Running shoe (i) Automobile (j) Fresh
vegetables (k) Child’s toy (l) Golf club (m) Baby
food (n) Restaurant food
Q .2 : The bearing department
is planning their schedule for the following week. They need an understanding
of last week’s performance. The schedule called for two 8-hour shifts per day
for five days. Downtime charged to production averaged 76 minutes per day.
Downtime charged to maintenance averaged 135 minutes per day. Calculate the
actual running time and the percentage of available time.
Q 3 : (a) Does exponential
smoothing track a trend in the demand satisfactorily? What is the reason?
( b) How would forecasting be
useful for operations in a BPO unit? What factors may be important for this
industry? Discuss
Q.4 : (a) Would a six sigma
implementation involve significant financial investment? Discuss
(b) Can total organizational
satisfaction be achieved while a company is also aiming for key business
results? Is there a conflict in these two goals? Discuss.
Q.5 : How would have good
production & Operations Management Practices averted the terrible Bhopal
Gas strategy? Research & Discuss
Q.6 : Differentiate between
Loading and Scheduling. Is a clear-cut distinction between the two possible
under all production situations? If so where is it possible & where is it
not possible?
Q.7: What are the advantages of
the HMMS model over the Linear programming model? The HMMS.and other
sophisticated models have not been very popular in practice. What may be the
reasons?
Q.8: What is the scope of
purchasing activities? Where would you fit purchasing in the materials
management function? In the Organizational structure, where should purchasing
be fitted?
(i) in a single plant situation
(ii) in a multiple plant situation
Q.9: Some say that we need a
“national level job evaluation” in India. Can you envisage the issues involved?
Is it possible to do such a national level exercise? How would you proceed in
this regard?
Q.10 :How can work study be
used for arriving at (i) Manufacturing Budget (ii) Production Plan (iii)
Personnel Policies (iv) Materials Planning? Explain.
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