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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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