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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

MBA III Semester Examinations, December - 2019

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Time: 3hours Max.Marks:75

Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B.

Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.

PART - A 5×5 Marks = 25

1. a) What is Operations Management? What are organizational sub-systems? [5]
   b) What are the various stages in New Product Development process? [5]
   

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   c) What are the objectives of good Plant Layout? [5]
   d) Explain about Johnson's rule for scheduling. [5]
   e) What is Inventory? What are the different types of inventory control methods? [5]

PART - B 5 × 10 Marks = 50

1. What is Production? Explain about types of Production systems. [10]
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   What is Productivity? Explain the difference between production and productivity. [10]
2. a) What is the purpose of Product process and design? [5+5]
   b) Write a note on world class manufacturing?
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   a) What are the responsibilities of process planning engineer? [5+5]
   

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   b) What is Process Planning?
3. What is Optimization? What are the advantages of value analysis? [10]
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   What are the and applications of Standardization? [10]
4. What are the factors affecting Plant Location and Plant Layout? [10]
   

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   OR
   a) Calculate weighted score for Location-1 and Location-2 and decide which location has to be selected for the plant based on the weighted score? [5+5]
   

   Factor	Factor weight	Factor score Location-1	Factor score Location-2
   Cost of living	10	5	2
   Proximity to family	20	4	2
   Climate	30	2	5
   Transportation system	10	5	3
   Quality of life	30	3	5

   b) Furniture company is considering two possible sites for its new plant. The annual fixed and variable costs for each site are:
   

   Location	Fixed costs/year (Rs.)	Variable costs (Rs.)
   VIJAYAWADA	5,50,000	50/unit
   BOMBAY	10,50,000	65/unit

   If annual demand for is expected to be 50,000 units, which is the best location?
5. What is Scheduling? What are the different types of Schedules? Explain. [10]
   

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   OR
   Describe about Job Shop Scheduling? [10]
6. Explain about [5+5]
   a) Economic Order Quantity
   b) ABC Analysis
   

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   OR
   Carry out ABC analysis on the following 8 items from an inventory and ascertain the status: [10]
   

   Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
   Annual Usage (Units)	300	700	30	800	50	220	160	800
   Unit Cost (Rs.)	15	10	25	14	50	35	15	18

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