Download JNTUA MBA 2nd Sem Supple 2015 Dec 9E00204 Production And Operations Management Question Paper

Download JNTUA (JNTU Anantapur) MBA (Master of Business Administration) 2nd Sem Supple 2015 Dec 9E00204 Production And Operations Management Previous Question Paper

Code: 9E00204

MBA & MBA (Finance) II Semester Supplementary Examinations December/January 2015/2016
PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(For students admitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014)


Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60

Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) Define production and operations management and discuss different types of production systems
with suitable examples.
(b) Briefly discuss functions of production and operations management.

2 Illustrate the product design process with a suitable example.

3 There are five existing facilities which are to be served by a single new facility. The details of the
existing facilities are shown in the following table.
Existing facility 1 2 3 4 5
Coordinates (a
i
, b
i
) 5.10 20.5 15.20 30.25 25.5
No. of trips of loads/year 100 300 200 300 100
Find the optimum location of the new facility based on gravity location concept.

4 Briefly explain different long term and short term capacity strategies.

5 (a) What is job scheduling problem? Distinguish it from flow shop scheduling problem with a suitable
example.
(b) Explain the active schedule, semi active schedule and non-delay schedule.

6 (a) Distinguish between method study and time study.
(b) Briefly discuss different steps in work sampling.

7 (a) Discuss various ways of improving productivity.
(b) Discuss the concepts of productivity cycle, productivity engineering and management.

8 The following table gives the number of missing rivets noted in a newly fabricated bus. Construct a
C-chart.
Bus No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of missing rivets 14 13 26 20 9 25 15 11 14 13


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