7/31/2019 OM0017 Spring Drive Assignment 2012

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Spring 2012

Master of Business Administration - Semester 4

OM0017 - Advanced Production Planning and Control

4 Credits

(Book ID: B1342)Assignment: Set- 1

(60 Marks)

Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions.

1. Explain briefly the main tasks of dispatching, inspecting, expediting, evaluating and

controlling inventory and so on by production controls department.

2. Explain briefly the functions of planning in Facility Planning for production activities?

3. What are the merits and demerits of batch production? Briefly explain the salient features of

PPC for Job production.

4. How do you classify forecasts? Explain Time Series Methods.

5. Explain inventory Management and Control. List the benefits of inventory control.

6. Define deterministic model of inventory control. Explain how economic order quantity can

be calculated by model 1.

7/31/2019 OM0017 Spring Drive Assignment 2012

2/2

Spring 2012

Master of Business Administration - Semester 4

OM0017 - Advanced Production Planning and Control

4 Credits(Book ID: B1342)

Assignment: Set - 2

(60 Marks)

Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions.

1. Write a note on: a) Lean Manufacturing and b) Agile Manufacturing

2. Differentiate between forward and backward scheduling. Explain automation and the

drawbacks associated with automation

3. Explain in brief about Priority Rules for Scheduling?

4. Bring out the differences between productivity and flexibility. And is productivity

compromised by introducing flexibility in the manufacturing process? Comment

5. Explain in brief the Goldratts Theory of constraint and the five focused steps of TOC

recommended for solving the constraints/ problems.

6. Explain make or buy decisions and when it is appropriate to consider each respectively.