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ET ZC412 (EC-1 Regular) Page 1 of 2 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division First Semester 2009-2010 Mid-Semester Test (EC-1 Regular) Course No. : ET ZC412 Course Title : PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL Nature of Exam : Closed Book Weightage : 40% Duration : 2 Hours Date of Exam : 30/08/2009 (FN) Note: 1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book. 2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page. 3. Mobile phones and computers of any kind should not be used inside the examination hall. 4. Use of any unfair means will result in severe disciplinary action. Q.1 (b). Discuss the difference between manufacturing organization and service organization. Q.1 (b). Discus the framework for managing operations. [3 + 5 = 8] Q.2. What do you understand by vertical integration? How will it affect the process decisions? Give suitable examples. [3] Q.3. A company is planning to introduce a new product. It must select one product from three available and has estimated the data as shown below. Product Factor A B C Expected sales each year 600 900 1200 Unit cost of production (Rs.) 680 900 1200 Unit selling price (Rs.) 760 1000 1290 Fixed cost incurred before production (Rs.) 200000 350000 500000 Expected product life 3 years 5 years 8 years Which product would you recommend, based on: a. Break even point b. Time to break even c. Life time profit [6] Q.4. What are the factors that need to be considered while you do financial analysis for equipment purchasing? [5] Q.5. T & L India Limited is going to construct a new cement plant with an investment of about 120 crores and it has decided upon four locations in India. Assume that you are the operations manager of T&L India Limited. a. What are the factors you will consider to evaluate these four sites (Minimum 10 factors)? b. Use the Location Factor Rating method for evaluation and demonstrate the same, assuming suitable data. [6] No. of Pages = 2 No. of Questions = 7

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  • ET ZC412 (EC-1 Regular) Page 1 of 2

    Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division

    First Semester 2009-2010 Mid-Semester Test (EC-1 Regular)

    Course No. : ET ZC412 Course Title : PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL Nature of Exam : Closed Book Weightage : 40% Duration : 2 Hours Date of Exam : 30/08/2009 (FN) Note: 1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book. 2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page. 3. Mobile phones and computers of any kind should not be used inside the examination hall. 4. Use of any unfair means will result in severe disciplinary action.

    Q.1 (b). Discuss the difference between manufacturing organization and service organization.

    Q.1 (b). Discus the framework for managing operations. [3 + 5 = 8]

    Q.2. What do you understand by vertical integration? How will it affect the process decisions? Give suitable examples. [3]

    Q.3. A company is planning to introduce a new product. It must select one product from three available and has estimated the data as shown below.

    Product Factor A B C Expected sales each year 600 900 1200 Unit cost of production (Rs.) 680 900 1200 Unit selling price (Rs.) 760 1000 1290 Fixed cost incurred before production (Rs.) 200000 350000 500000 Expected product life 3 years 5 years 8 years

    Which product would you recommend, based on: a. Break even point b. Time to break even c. Life time profit [6]

    Q.4. What are the factors that need to be considered while you do financial analysis for equipment purchasing? [5]

    Q.5. T & L India Limited is going to construct a new cement plant with an investment of about 120 crores and it has decided upon four locations in India. Assume that you are the operations manager of T&L India Limited.

    a. What are the factors you will consider to evaluate these four sites (Minimum 10 factors)?

    b. Use the Location Factor Rating method for evaluation and demonstrate the same, assuming suitable data. [6]

    No. of Pages = 2 No. of Questions = 7

  • ET ZC412 (EC-1 Regular) Page 2 of 2

    ET ZC412 (EC-1 Regular) First Semester 2009-2010 Page 2

    Q.6. Assume that you are the production engineer in your company. You are entrusted with job of designing a repetitive production line. Assume that the assembly consists of 9 tasks, which are listed in the table shown below, along with estimated task times and the tasks that must be completed before each task has to begin. The assembly line is supposed to produce at least 40 units per day and operates 480 minutes a day.

    Task Task time (sec) Preceding task A 10 - B 11 A C 5 B D 4 B E 12 A F 3 C,D G 7 F H 11 E I 3 G,H

    6.1 Draw the precedence diagram. 6.2 Calculate the cycle time and theoretical number of work stations. 6.3 Balance the assembly line and calculate the efficiency of the assembly line. 6.4 What will happen to the efficiency if an additional workstation is added? [8]

    Q.7. Explain the impact of quality on productivity. What is the relation between quality and product yield?

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