DPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES M.B.

A MANAGEMENT STUDIES

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Saraswathi Velu College Of Engineering PG Department Of Management Studies. BA9 !"OPE#A$%O& MA&AGEME&$

'nit "% (part"A)

1. Explain the nature of operation management. 2. List out the importance and organizational function of operation management. 3. Enlist the characteristics of modern operation management. 4. Discuss the role of operation in strategic management. 5. Define production and operation management. 6. Discuss in brief about organization of production function. . Explain the elements of operation management. !. Define competiti"e priorities. #. $riefl% discuss relationship about operation management &ith other departments. 1'. Discuss the ob(ecti"es of operation management. 11. )hat is an operations s%stem* 12. )hat are the fi"e basic elements of operational excellence* 13. )hat do %ou mean control decisions* 14. Define the term +roduction sharing PA#$"B !. Discuss the ,ecent trends in operational management. 2. Explain the nature of operation management in an organization.

3. )hat are the "arious functions of operations* -o& are the% lin.ed
to other parts of an organization* 4. Discuss the design issues under &hich the operations s%stem function. 5. /ompare and discuss the cost and flexibilit% tradeoff in operations strateg%. 6. )hat are the steps in"ol"ed in strategic0formulation process* -o& does the manufacturing technolog% pro"ide uni1ue ad"antages to organization in pro"iding products and ser"ices to customers*

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1. Define forecasting. )hat do %ou mean b% demand forecasting* 2. )h% forecasting is necessar%* 3. List out the "arious t%pes of forecasting. 4. Discuss the ob(ecti"es and steps of forecasting. 5. Define rough0cut0capacit% planning. 6. Explain long range planning. . Discuss in brief capacit% re1uirement planning. !. )hat is de"eloping capacit% alternati"es* #. Define aggregate planning. 1'. Discuss the approaches of aggregate planning
11. )hat do %ou mean b% regression and correlation anal%sis* 12. )rite do&n the functions of master production schedule .

13. )hat do %ou understand b% Delphi techni1ue* 4. )hat is capacit% re1uirement planning* PA#$"B
!. Discuss in detail methods of forecasting 21ualitati"e and 1uantitati"e3. 12. /arr% out the 4ggregate planning relationship to master production schedule. 13. Discuss the o"er"ie& of 5,+6 5,+77 and E,+. 4. )hat are the factors influencing effecti"e capacit% and &hat are all
the factors fa"oring o"ercapacit% and under capacit%* Discuss

5. 4lpha compan% has the follo&ing sales pattern compute the sales
forecast for the %ear 1'. 25ar.s 1'3 8ear9 1 2 3 4 5 6 ! # :ales 2in la.hs3 ; 6 ! 11 23 2# 34 4' 45 56 6. <he past data about the load on a stamping centre are as follo&s9 5onth Load6 5achine hours 5a% 2''# 5!4 =une 2''# 61' =ul% 2''# 655 4ugust 2''# 4 :eptember 2''# !62 >ctober 2''# #13 ?o"ember 2''# #63 2i3 @ind an exponential smoothing forecast for the month of December 2''#. <a.e 2AB'.333. 2ii3 /ompare %our ans&er &ith a fi"e month mo"ing a"erage forecast . Saraswathi Ve ! C" e#e "$ E%#i%eeri%#& sh" i%#h!r. Page (

DPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES M.B.A MANAGEMENT STUDIES . Explain the acti"ities in"ol"ed in long range capacit% planning decision !. ?ame and describe the steps in de"eloping ne& products. )hat are the .e% differences bet&een a protot%pe and a production design* 21'3 2ii3 Describe the relationship bet&een process design and product design. 263 #. Explain the steps in determining Labour standards for time studies. 1'. <he <ircon /ompan% pa%s its &or.ers on a 6'C gain sharing plan6 &ith bonus pa% beginning at !'C of standard. <he standard is 4'' units per 4'0hour &ee.. ,amesh &hose base pa% is ,s. 2'' per hour produced 43' units last &ee.. Determine 213 ,ameshDs gross pa% for the &ee.6 223 Enit labour cost at 6'C of the standard and 233 ,ameshDs rate of &or. last &ee..

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'nit"%%% (part"a)
1. Define product.

2. Distingush bet&een product and ser"ice. 3. List the "arious factors influencing product design. 4. Discuss the approaches of product design. 5. Define process planning. 6. Define product strateg%. . Discuss ma(or decisions &hile designing product. !. Explain scheduling. #. Explain &or. stud%6 1'. )hat are the ob(ecti"es of &or. stud%* 11. Define time stud% and motion stud%.
12. )hat are the attributes to characterize a pro(ect organization* 13. )h% is brea. e"en anal%sis done in facilit% location* 14. )hat do %ou mean b% simultaneous engineering* 15. )hat is :75> /-4,<*

Part"B
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DPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES M.B.A MANAGEMENT STUDIES 1. Discusses in detail "arious steps in"ol"ed &hile de"eloping ne& product.

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2. )hat are the "arious tools used for measuring producti"it% and methods to impro"e producti"it%. 3. 4 component is to be processed on t&o machines lathe and milling machine. <he se1uence of
operation is first turning and then milling. 5achine <imes9 <urning9 12 min 5illing9 2' min 213 Estimate the number of machines re1uired to machine 25'' components per &ee. if a"ailable machine hours per &ee. are 4! 223 )hat are the steps that %ou propose to reduce number of machines*

4. Explain the production aspects of product design

5. Fi"e reasons for excess &or. content and techni1ues to reduce it &ith examples 6. )hat is rating* )hat are the factors affecting performance rating of a &or.er and explain "arious methods of performance rating

'nit"%V (part"A)
!. Define material management. 2. )hat are the ob(ecti"es of material management. 3. Explain planning in brief. 4. Discuss budgeting and control in material management. 5. )hat is 557:* Discuss. 6. Define "endor rating. . List out purchasing ob(ecti"es and policies. !. Discuss "alue anal%sis. #. Explain stores management. 1'. Explain coding in material management. 11. Define the term G$ac.orderingG. 12. )hat are the steps in"ol"ed in "alue anal%sis*
13. )hat do %ou understand b% materials management manual* 14. Define the term ,e0order point

Part"B
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DPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES M.B.A MANAGEMENT STUDIES

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1. Discuss the o"er"ie& of material management s%stem. 2. )rite in detail about nature6 la%out6 classification and in"entor% of stores management. 3. Discuss in detail =E:<07?0<75E. 4. Distinguish bet&een + and H s%stems of in"entor% and &hat are the cases that exist in each of the
s%stems. 5. )hat are the methods used for accounting the issues of stores and &hat are the main reasons for accumulation of obsolete6 surplus and scrap items ho& it can be a"oided. 6. )hat are the le"els of management and 57: and &hat are the "arious output reports and limitations of 57: . Discuss briefl% "endor rating and "alue anal%sis !. Describe the principles of stores la%out and "arious records used in stores.. #. <he a"erage demand rate for a particular ra& material for a compan% is estimated to be 1''' items per month. <he distribution of demand rate is found to be normall% distributed &ith a standard de"iation of 2''. <he a"erage lead time for the procurement of ra& material has been obser"ed in the past to be approximatel% 3 months and the normall% approximated lead times ha"e a standard de"iation of 1 month. 7f the ser"ice le"el is to be #5C determine the re1uired le"el of safet% stoc. in situation &here in both demand rate and lead time "aries

'nit"V (Part"A)
1. Define pro(ect management. 2. Explain scheduling techni1ue* 3. Define +E,<. 4. Discuss in brief about /+5. 5. /arr% out crashing /+5 net&or.. 6. Define facilit% planning and location. . Explain facilit% la%out. !. )hat are the principles of facilit% la%out* #. List out different t%pes of pro(ect. 1'. )hat are the tools used for planning. 11. )rite about c%cle graph and chrono c%cle graph. 12. )hat are the factors that influence product design* 13. 5ention the ob(ecti"es of facilit% la%outs. 14. )hat are the tas.s that pro(ect team must perform before the pro(ect begins*

Part"B
1. List out the theories of pro(ect planning and steps in selection. 2. Discuss the different models of pro(ect planning. 3. /ompare +E,< and /+5 and gi"e some pro(ect management soft&are. Saraswathi Ve ! C" e#e "$ E%#i%eeri%#& sh" i%#h!r. Page +

DPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES M.B.A MANAGEMENT STUDIES 4. Explain the material flo& s%stem and patterns in facilit% la%out and gi"e their characteristics. 5. <here are fi"e existing facilities &hich are to be ser"ed b% a single ne& facilit%. <he details of the existing facilities are9 Existing facilit% 2i3 9 1 2 3 4 5 /oordinates 2a b3 561' 2'65 1562' 3'625 2565 ?umber of trips of LoadsI8ear 2)3 1'' 3'' 2'' 3'' 1'' @ind the optimum location of the ne& facilit% based on gra"it% location concept. 6. )hat role does the globalization pla% in the facilities location problem and gi"e the application areas and inputs of line of balance . )hat are the three principles of crashing pro(ects* Discuss !. Explain &h% &e balance production lines. 5ention the steps in line balancing

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