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SEM: II MU FINAL REMEDIAL FEB: 2023
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Subject: - (P&OM) (04MB0204) Date:-01/02/2023
Total Marks:-100 Time: - 3 HOURS
Instructions:
1. All Questions are Compulsory.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Question: 1.
(a) Objective MCQ (No. of Questions 10) [10]
1. Identify controllable factors while choosing a location…
A. Government policy
B. Climatic conditions
C. Capital
D. Community (labor) attitude and Infrastructure
2. The need for selecting a suitable location arises because of…
A. When starting a new business/ organisation,
B. In case of existing organisation. (expansion / contraction)
C. In case of Global Location. ( Internationalization)
D. All of the above
3. _______ is the process by which raw materials and other inputs are converted into finished goods.
A. Inventory
B. Logistics
C. Production
D. Supply chain
4. Production system model comprises of _______.
A. Production system
B. Conversion sub system
C. Control sub system
D. All of the above
5. ______, operating and control decisions are the three categories of decisions made by operations
managers.
A. Planning
B. Strategic
C. Inventory
D. Logistical
6. Shop floor planning and control is ______.
A. Strategic decision
B. Operating decision
C. Control decision
D. All of the above
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7. Production management and operations management can be differentiated best on ______ of
finished goods and/or services.
A. Inseperable
B. Ubiquities
C. Tangibility
D. Perishability
8. ____industries include processing industries for industrial metals such as steel and copper.
A. Heavy processing
B. Light processing
C. Surface processing
D. Medium fabrication
9. ___ means the positioning of various types of equipment, pieces of machinery, departments
facilities to maximize productivity and space utilization.
A. Layout
B. Blueprint
C. Portfolio
D. Mapping
10. ___ activities involved in delivering the products to the final customers.
A. Upstream supply chain
B. Internal supply chain
C. Downstream supply chain
D. External supply chain
(b) Short Que. (answer in one sentence: No. of Questions 10) [10]
1. Concept of VED (Valuable Essential and Desirable)
2. Concept of Value addition
3. What is Quality?
4. What is 3.4 DPMO in Six Sigma
5. Define: Efficiency
6. Define :Effectiveness
7. Define: Productivity
8. Explain concept of MRP ( Material requirement Planning)
9. Define :SCM ( Supply chain Management)
10. Meaning of “Operations” in Operations management
I.
Question: 2.
(a) Define “Production & Operations Management”(P&OM). What are the challenges and
opportunities available to Indian Production and operations Managers. [08]
(b) Assume you are a project manager. Give examples of any project of your choice. Which type of layout is
appropriate ( e.g. Product / Process / Fixed position etc. ) layout for your project ? Why?
State the layout in terms of its’ line -diagram, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. [08]
OR
(c) Suppose you want to start production of ground nut oil. Which type of production system will
be used? Describe the characteristics of Production system with its’ advantages and
disadvantages. [08]
Question: 3.
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(a) Give examples of Job Production system. List merits & Demerits of Job Shop Production
process. [08]
(b) What is Batch production? Give two examples. [04]
(c) What is transformation system? Explain with example/s. [04]
OR
(a) What is continuous production system? Explain its’ merits & Demerits. [08]
(b) Differentiate Goods (Production orientated) and Services (operations oriented). [04]
(c) Explain Carrying costs and Holding cost of Inventory. Explain at EOQ carrying costs are equal
to holding costs, in general. [04]
Question: 4.
(a) Write a detailed note on :Production Planning and Control (PPC). [08]
(b) Write a detailed note on : tools of quality Management used by P&OM managers. [08]
OR
(a) What is a Critical Path? Do a Project network always have a critical path? What is crashing of
a Project? How a project manager can do the crashing of the project network? [08]
(b) Write a detailed note on: ISO certification series used in operations. [08]
Question: 5.
(a) What is TQM? Why operations managers focus on TQM? How they apply TQM. [08]
(b) What is Quality circle. How it works? [04]
(c) Write a Short note on: Six Sigma. [04]
OR
(a) What operations managers do in Business organizations? Explain with examples. [08]
(b) Explain concept of Bull-whip effect in SCM. [04]
(c) Evaluate Importance of Aggregate planning. [04]
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Question: 6.
(a) A local distributor for a national tire company expects to sell approximately 9,600 steel belted
radial tires of a certain size and tread design next year. Annual carrying cost is $16 per tire, and
ordering cost is $75. The distributor operates 288 days a year.
a. What is the EOQ?
b. How many times per year does the store reorder?
c. What is the length of an order cycle?
d. What will the total annual cost be if the EOQ quantity is ordered?
( Excluding item price ) [16]
OR
(a) A project has been defined to contain the following list of activities, along with their
required times for completion: [16]
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