M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAYJUNE 2007 Second Semester ‘BA 1601 — PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT (Regulation 2005) ‘Time: Three hours ‘Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions PART A— (10x 2=20 marks) Define a prodetion system 2. What ea supply network? 3. What fied order aytem inventory model? 4, What ie MRP I 5. List any tro advantages of standardisation, 6. Dafne delphi technique in forecasting 1. Define scheduling 8. What is resource leveling? 9. How is absenteeism used in white colar measurement? 10, List two heuristic algorithms which generate the layout by successive addition offaciities to locations. PART B— (5x 16 = 80 marks) 11, (@) G)_Deseribe the types of production systems. ® i) Explain the functions of operations management, ® or(©) G) Whats computer integrated manufcturing? What are its benefits 6 i) What are the most important factors affecting. operations management today? o (ii) Why service operations are dificult to manage? ° 32, (@) Annual demand for an tom is 4800 units. Ordering cost is Re. 500 pee ‘order, Inventory earrying cost is 24% of the purchase price per unit Per {year The price breaks are shown Quantity Prico (Re) Os Qr<1200 10 1200 5 @<2000 9 2000 < Qs 6 (Find the optimal oder quantity. aa) (i8)_If the ordering cost ia changed to Re, 600, Sind the optimal order goantiy @ or (©) Explain the overview of an MRP system using a neat sketch. as) 18, (a) @) Using aneat sketch explain the aggrogate planning process. (8) (i) With a neat sketch explain the capacity planning techniques. (8) or (©) A company has the fallowing sales pattern. Compute the sales forecast for the year 2007 using linear regression a6) Year 2000 2001 2002 2008 2004 2005 2006, Soles Gnlakhe): 6 8 11 23 29 34 40 14. (a) Sequence the five jobs an three machines to minimise processing time, hated on Johneon’s ale Processing "Time Job Mi Ma Me 1854 206 9 a6 2) 4 it 38 € aes Determine the ile timee ofthe three machines. a6) orDeses-3 able summarising the details of « project Dake PEGs Te GES OK: A ABC CEP EF DH LG Da ae ee ae 63 ded one 39 98 wo ou 8 Construct the project network. © Gi) Find the critical path and expected project completion time. (10) 15, (a) (Explain the classifications of ayouts ® i)_List the procedure (steps) to implement CRAFT. ® or (©) (0) List the step in method study. © (Gi) Explain the steps in work sampling. ao) a 4508row No TT 11 TI J 1808 MBA, DEGREE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2008. Second Semester DIA 1651 — PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. Regulation - 2007 ‘Time Tae houre ‘Maximm : 100 marke Answer ALL questions PART A—(10x2=20 marks) 1, What are the objective of production systems? “List down any four features of mass production ‘What is meant by fixed order system? Write the equation to calculate Beonomie Order Quantity What fr we are going forthe longterm capacity planning sratepies? Write dowa the four stages of «computer aided Design (CAD) Differentiate between PERT and OPO. Define total lat and fee oat What are the requirements for CRAFT eomputer software system? 10. List down the aplication areas of ine of Balance. PART B— (516 = 80 marks) 3. G@) Explain the fve Pin the produetion management frame work. (10) (G) What arethe relation ship betweon Production and Marketing? (6) or 1) Explain the four basic funetion to be performed by an integrated manufacturing system.J 1808 M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2008. Second Semester DBA 1651 — PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Regulation ‘Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 mar Answer ALL questions. PART A — (10 x 2 = 20 marks What are the objective of production systems? 2. List down any four features of mass production 3. What is meant by fixed order system? 1. Write the equation to calculate Economic Order Quantity 5. What for we are going for the long term capacity planning strategies? 6. Write down the four stages of a computer aided Design (CAD), 7. Differentiate between PERT and CPM. 8. Define total float and free float 9. What are the requirements for CRAFT computer software syste 10. List down the application areas of line of Balance PART B — (5 x 16 = 80 marks 11. (a) G) Explain the five P’s in the production management frame work. (10) ii) What are the relation ship between Production and Marketing? (6) Or b) Explain the four basic function to be performed by an inte12. (a) 13. (a ) iM. (a What are the basic components of an Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS explain them. Or i) Explain the cost-trade off in Inventory problem, 8) ii) Every year Guru provisions buy 10,000 items and the unit cost of the item is Rs. 10. The inventory carrying coat are 25 percent anc ach ordering procedure involves a total expenditure of Rs. 500. How much of the item should be ordered every time? How many order are placed in a year? 8) The past date about the load on a stamping center are as follow Month; May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Load Machine Hours 584 610 655 747 862 913 963 is used to forecast the next months Ifa five months moving averag’ demand, compute the forecast of the load on the centre in the month of Decemb i) Compute a weighted three months moving average for December where the weights are 0.5 for the latest months 0.3 and 0.2 for the her months respectively (ii) Find an exponential smoothing forecast for the months of December. Take a= 0.33 Or i) Explain the characteristics of different phases in Product life cycle.(8} ii) Explain the production flow analysis in Group technology and benefits of Group technology (8) A book binding work has six binding jobs on hand today. Book bindin consists of a two ~ steps procedure, i) Cutting and ii) Binding. The time estimates for the jobs are as follows. Job Time Estimates Minutes Cutting Binding 40 c 60 D 70 50 E 20 30 F 35 70 Sequence them so as to complete all the jobs in minimum time mpute this minimum time Or J 1808Consider the following data of project Activit mal ks) Normal cos ash time (weeks) Cr 1 é 0 4 1 00 10 1-4 4 200 2 100 If the indirect cost per week is Rs. 150, find the optimal er (a) Discuss the importance of plant location. What are the fac plant location? Or (@ Explain the nce of mass production in the context >plication of method ste (ii) What are the area ctors affecting J 1808M.B.A. DEGRE! AMINATION, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2008. Second Semester DBA 1651 — PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. ‘Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions PART A — (10 x 2 = 20 marks) 1. What are the main functions of production and operation management? State the meaning of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). 3. List out four major assumptions of basic EOQ model. 4. Define automated storage/retrieval system (AS/RS). How are capacity planning decision important in production and operation management? 6. _ State three underlying reasons that operations manager must forecast. 7. _ What essential benefits and limitations are associated with GANT chart? 8. List the characteristic features of critical path in a network. 9. Enumerate the need for facility layout decisions 10. Name four areas where learning curves are usefulLl. @) @ b) @ ii) (i) PART B — (5 x 16 = 80 marks) Describe any two organizational and functional subsystem in operations management highlighting their goals. (8) Explain the important differences between manufacturing and service operations. 8) Or What kind of operations problems does a book publishing company that runs its own printing operations face? © Explain the type of demand and process would it probably have for the above case. (a0) Discuss the benefits and limitations of MRP. 6) A local tire distributor expects to sell about 9600 steel belted radial tires of a certain size in the next year. The distributor operates 288 days a year 1) Determine economical order quantity @ 2) How many times/year does the store reorder? ( (3) Determine the length of an order cycle. (3) Or with an example the ABC approach to inventory @) A company 4000 micro toggle switches in a year. The switches are priced as follows, No. of switches Price (Rs.) 1-499 0.90 500-999 0.85 1000 or more 0.82 It cost approximately Rs. 18 to prepare an order and carrying cost are 18% of purchase price/unit on an annual basis. Determine optimal order quantity and total annual cost. @) ¥ 160813. (a) (b) Differentiate between Aggregate planning and capacity planning. (6) Describe the four phases of design process where computer aided activity be beneficially used (10) Or Explain the key factors to be considered while selecting a forecasting technique. @) How are forecasting methods classified? Discuss any two methods of quantitative techniques of forecasting. (8) Distinguish between total float and independent float of a network. (6) A new product development involve the key activities listed in table-1 Table-1 Activity 12 13 Duration (weel 1) Draw 4) (2) Identify th al path and determine pro ation. (4 3) Determine earliest and latest, start and finish tim 3 Enumerate the conditions to be satisfied for the use of Johnson's rule for job shop scheduling a) A group of 6 jobs are to be processed through a two-step operation, The first involves decreasing and secon involve paintin processing time are shown in tabl (1) Determine the best sequence which will minimize the total completion sequence in bar chart. 4 Table-2 Job Processing Time (hrs) Work centre 1 Work centre 2 Y 1608(b) Compare the relative merits of produc d process layout. (8) Discuss th engineering ind general procedure for making facility location of an Or What is the objective of line balancing? 6) Explain the advantages and limitations of work sampling technique compared to stop watch time study ao) ¥ 1608