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[Batch 2011-13]

Production & Operations Management Question bank

Note:

All questions including those discussed in class must be referred by students for

examination. This list contains only those questions which are repeated in exams

Module: 1

Chapters Included: Nature and Scope of Production and Operations

Management, Types of Manufacturing Systems (production Processes), Facility

Location with examples, Facility Layouts; Layout Planning and Analysis; Line

BalancingProblems

1. Define operations management its Importance. Describe input-transformation-output relationship.

2. OM Strategy decisions3.Typology of processes (short note form, difference form)4. Write a note on Basic Production Layout Formats5. Explain in detail the factors which must be considered while selecting the

facility location for any plant. ( New Facility & Foreign location)

Sums in this Module:1. BEP analysis2. Product Layout Assembly line3. Process layout Block diagramming, SLP, Load-distance analysis4. Factor Rating5. Centroid methodModule: 2

Chapters Included: Inventory management decisions, Capacity and aggregate

production planning, Material Handling Principles- Equipments

1. Principles of Material handling2.Types of Material Handling Equipments3. Advantages & Importance of Good Material Handling System4. Production Planning Strategy & Relevant Cost5. Explain Inventory System & various inventory Cost relevant with it.6. Difference: Independent vs. Dependent DemandSums in this Module:1. Single-Period Inventory Model2. Multi-Period Inventory Models: Basic Fixed-Order Quantity Models, Basic

Fixed-Time Period Model

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3. Price-Break4. ABC5. Chase & Level Strategy

Module: 3

Chapters Included: Production Planning and Control, Project management(Gantt chart, CPM and PERT methods, Project crashing) Operations scheduling -

Job sequencing (n-jobs on one machine and n-jobs on m-machines)

1. Distinguish between PERT & CPM (highlight their specific application)2. What do you understand by shop floor control? What are its functions?

Explain Gantt chart as a tool for shop floor control.

3. Short Notes: Production Planning, Production control, Gant ChartSums in this Module:1. CPM and PERT methods2. Project crashing3. n-jobs on one machine , n-jobs on m-machines

Module: 4

Chapters Included: Quality management - JIT and Lean manufacturing

systems, TQM and Six-sigma, ISO 9000 and other ISO series, Statistical

quality control & Acceptance Sampling, Industrial Safety and safety

management

1. Short Notes: ISO 9000, Industrial Safety, Operating Characteristic Curve2.Tools & Techniques of JIT Manufacturing3. Six-Sigma methodology and analytical tools for six-sigma4.Toyota Production SystemSums in this Module:

1. Process Capability2. Acceptance Sampling3. Statistical quality control4. Kanban Cards

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