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DPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES S.SATHYA M.B.A

LECTURER / MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Saraswathi Velu College Of Engineering

PG Department Of Management Studies.

BA9221-OPERATION MANAGEMENT

Unit -I (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.

7. Explain the elements of operation management.

8. Define competitive priorities.

9. Briefly discuss relationship about operation management with other departments.

10. Discuss the objectives of operation management.

11. What is an operations system?12. What are the five basic elements of operational excellence?

13. What do you mean control decisions?14. Define the term Production sharing

PART-B

1. Discuss the Recent trends in operational management.

2. Explain the nature of operation management in an organization.

3. What are the various functions of operations? How are they linkedto other parts of an organization?

4. Discuss the design issues under which the operations system function.

5. Compare and discuss the cost and flexibility tradeoff in operations strategy.

6. What are the steps involved in strategic-formulation process? How does the manufacturing technology provide unique advantages to organization in providing products and services to customers?

Unit-II(part-A)

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1. Define forecasting. What do you mean by demand forecasting?

2. Why forecasting is necessary?

3. List out the various types of forecasting.

4. Discuss the objectives and steps of forecasting.

5. Define rough-cut-capacity planning.

6. Explain long range planning.

7. Discuss in brief capacity requirement planning.

8. What is developing capacity alternatives?

9. Define aggregate planning.

10. Discuss the approaches of aggregate planning

11. What do you mean by regression and correlation analysis?

12. Write down the functions of master production schedule.

13. What do you understand by Delphi technique?

4. What is capacity requirement planning?

PART-B

1. Discuss in detail methods of forecasting (qualitative and quantitative).

12. Carry out the Aggregate planning relationship to master production schedule.

13. Discuss the overview of MRP, MRPII and ERP.

4. What are the factors influencing effective capacity and what are allthe factors favoring overcapacity and under capacity? Discuss

5. Alpha company has the following sales pattern compute the salesforecast for the year 10. (Marks 10)Year: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Sales (in lakhs) ; 6 8 11 23 29 34 40 45 56

6. The past data about the load on a stamping centre are as follows: Month Load, Machine hoursMay 2009 584June 2009 610July 2009 655August 2009 747September 2009 862October 2009 913November 2009 963(i) Find an exponential smoothing forecast for the month of December2009. Take (α=0.33).

(ii) Compare your answer with a five month moving average forecast.




7. Explain the activities involved in long range capacity planningdecision

8. Name and describe the steps in developing new products. Whatare the key differences between a prototype and a productiondesign? (10) (ii) Describe the relationship between process design and productdesign. (6)

9. Explain the steps in determining Labour standards for timestudies.10. The Tircon Company pays its workers on a 60% gain sharing plan,with bonus pay beginning at 80% of standard. The standard is400 units per 40-hour week. Ramesh whose base pay is Rs. 200 perhour produced 430 units last week. Determine (1) Ramesh’s gross pay for the week,(2) Unit labour cost at 60% of the standard and(3) Ramesh’s rate of work last week.

Unit-III (part-a)1. Define product.

2. Distingush between product and service.

3. List the various factors influencing product design.

4. Discuss the approaches of product design.

5. Define process planning.

6. Define product strategy.

7. Discuss major decisions while designing product.

8. Explain scheduling.

9. Explain work study,

10. What are the objectives of work study?

11. Define time study and motion study.

12. What are the attributes to characterize a project organization?13. Why is break even analysis done in facility location?

14. What do you mean by simultaneous engineering?15. What is SIMO CHART?

Part-B




1. Discusses in detail various steps involved while developing new product.

2. What are the various tools used for measuring productivity and methods to improve productivity.

3. A component is to be processed on two machines lathe and milling machine. The sequence of operation is first turning and then milling.Machine Times: Turning: 12 minMilling: 20 min(1) Estimate the number of machines required to machine 2500 components per week if available machine hours per week are 48

(2) What are the steps that you propose to reduce number of machines?

4. Explain the production aspects of product design

5. Give reasons for excess work content and techniques to reduce it with examples

6. What is rating? What are the factors affecting performance rating of a worker and explain various methods of performance rating

Unit-IV (part-A)1. Define material management.

2. What are the objectives of material management.

3. Explain planning in brief.

4. Discuss budgeting and control in material management.

5. What is MMIS? Discuss.

6. Define vendor rating.

7. List out purchasing objectives and policies.

8. Discuss value analysis.

9. Explain stores management.

10. Explain coding in material management.

11. Define the term 'Backordering'.12. What are the steps involved in value analysis?

13. What do you understand by materials management manual?14. Define the term Re-order point

Part-B




1. Discuss the overview of material management system.

2. Write in detail about nature, layout, classification and inventory of stores management.

3. Discuss in detail JUST-IN-TIME.

4. Distinguish between P and Q systems of inventory and what are the cases that exist in each of the systems.

5. What are the methods used for accounting the issues of stores and what are the main reasons for accumulation of obsolete, surplus and scrap items how it can be avoided.

6. What are the levels of management and MIS and what are the various output reports and limitations of MIS

7. Discuss briefly vendor rating and value analysis

8. Describe the principles of stores layout and various records used in stores..

9. The average demand rate for a particular raw material for acompany is estimated to be 1000 items per month. The distribution of demand rate is found to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of 200. The average lead time for the procurement of rawmaterial has been observed in the past to be approximately 3 months and the normally approximated lead times have a standard deviation of 1 month. If the service level is to be 95% determine the required level of safety stock in situation where in both demand rate and lead time varies

Unit-V (Part-A)1. Define project management.2. Explain scheduling technique?3. Define PERT.4. Discuss in brief about CPM.5. Carry out crashing CPM network.6. Define facility planning and location.7. Explain facility layout.8. What are the principles of facility layout?9. List out different types of project.10. What are the tools used for planning.11. Write about cycle graph and chrono cycle graph.12. What are the factors that influence product design?13. Mention the objectives of facility layouts.14. What are the tasks that project team must perform before the project begins?

Part-B1. List out the theories of project planning and steps in selection.2. Discuss the different models of project planning.3. Compare PERT and CPM and give some project managementsoftware.




4. Explain the material flow system and patterns in facility layout andgive their characteristics.5. There are five existing facilities which are to be served by a singlenew facility. The details of the existing facilities are: Existing facility (i) : 1 2 3 4 5Coordinates (a b) 5,10 20,5 15,20 30,25 25,5Number of trips ofLoads/Year (W) 100 300 200 300 100Find the optimum location of the new facility based on gravitylocation concept.6. What role does the globalization play in the facilities locationproblem and give the application areas and inputs of line ofbalance7. What are the three principles of crashing projects? Discuss8. Explain why we balance production lines. Mention the steps inline balancing


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