Operation Management 2014 Questions

1.) What is Operations Management? State its importance need and scope.
2.) Describe Supply Chain Management in detail.
3.) Differentiate Make to order and make to stock with examples.
4.) How aggregate planning and capacity planning are different from each other?
5.) What are the philosophy contribution of Juran and Crosby?
6.) Explain Bull — Whip effect.
7.) Five jobs are to be processes on five Machines. Find the total elapsed time and the total idle
times. The processing times (in minutes) of each job on the machines are given below :

Jobs /
1 2 3 4 5
Machines
MA 12 5 14 20 6
MB 6 9 11 4 15
MC 5 8 10 12 4
MD 7 2 6 8 8
ME 6 7 9 6 9

8.) Define Reorder point and lead time. An automobile manufacturer purchases seat covers at Rs.
250 per unit. The annual consumption of spark plugs is 1000. If the ordering cost is Rs. 250 per
order and the carrying cost is 25% of the purchase cost.
Then calculate the optimum quantity level and the total cost of it. Also calculate the reorder
point when the lead time 4 days.
9.) Bring out all the qualitative and quantitative methods of demand forecasting with examples.

Operation Management 2015 Questions

1.) Discuss the various criteria of Performance for managing operation of a manufacturing plant.
2.) Explain qualitative and quantitative forecasting methods.
3.) Discuss the factors which affect a location's selection decision.
4.) Write short notes on any two :
i. TQM
ii. 6 Sigma
iii. Kaizen
5.) Explain the difference between push & pull system in production planning & control.
6.) Discuss the steps in Scheduling of two machines.
7.) A Steel plant uses 50000 Metric Tonne of coke per year. Cost of coke is Rs. 5000 per Metric
Tonne. It costs Rs. 500 for placing an order and the inventory holding cost is Rs. 100 per Metric
Tonne per year
i. Calculate the Economic Order quantity which should be ordered at a time?
 ii. How many orders should be placed per, year?
iii. What is the duration between each order?
8.) You are part of a team to select the layout for a large university campus in an underdeveloped
region of the country. Which factors you would like to consider for selecting the layout. What
kind of layout you would recommend and why?
9.) Of the three locations given below, select the most appropriate location using the data given.

Sl. Location Factors Site A Site B Site C

No. (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)

1 ' Initial Investment 200000 225000 250000

2 ,Expected Sales 275000 350000 275000

3 Sales. Expenses 45000 45000 80000

4 Raw Material Expenses_ 70000 80000 90000

k

5 Power & water expenses 40000 25000 25000

6 Wages & Salaries 30000 35000 30000

7 _Misc. Expenses (taxes) 25000 40000 30000

8 ' Community Attitude Indifferent Supportive Indifferent

9. Employee facilities Good Good Poor

a. Justify your choice using appropriate reasons for selecting the location.
b. Calculate the productivity of the site selected by you.

Operation Management 2016 Questions

1.) Explain & compare "Product" & "Service" industry with example.
2.) Explain "Push" & "Pull" system of PPC (Production Planning & Control)
3.) Explain importance of Inventory. What are different Inventory control methods?
4.) Company has just shifted from traditional style of management to TQM based practices. Explain
importance of employee involvement & empowerment in implementation of TQM.
5.) Explain role of “Production & Operations Management" in today's industry scenario.
6.) Explain Qualitative Forecasting Methods with an Industry example.
7.) Which are different types of Factory Layouts Explain “Systematic Layout planning “for a
Manufacturing Industry?
 8.)
a) What are different factors considered for taking decision on "Factory Location"?
b) "Zurick" Mfg. Limited wants to build a warehouse to serve it's distribution centers
located at Noida, Pune, Hyderabad & Bangalore.

The annual volume produced at each location & the corresponding x & y coordinates of the
Distribution centers are as follows:

Location Volume x Y

Noida 48000 210 140

Pune 21000 180 110
Hyderabad 13000 120 70
Bangalore 10540 200 90

Find the location (x, y) coordinates of the proposed warehouse which will benefit the organization
most?

9.) There are five sheet metal jobs which are waiting to be assigned at a company work center.
Their work (processing) times and due dates are given below.:

JOB PROCESSING TIME DUE DAE

A 6 8
B 2 6
C 8 18
D 3 15
E 9 23
Determine the sequence of processing according to

(1) EDD,

(2) SPT rules.

Operation Management 2017 Questions

1.) Define operations Management. Explain the factors affecting operations management
2.) Explain Qualitative forecasting methods with example.
3.) Explain the difference between designed capacity and actual capacity.
4.) Explain the difference between product and process layout with examples and schematic
diagrams.
5.) What do you understand by TQM? Explain the relationship between Quality Assurance, Quality
Control and Quality improvement stages.
6.) Discuss the factors which affect an efficient supply Chain management.
7.) Star Co. Ltd. requires 90,000 steel ingots per annum to produce 5000 tonnes of CR sheets as
final product. The cost of each ingot is Rs. 5500 per unit. The cost per order is Rs. 300. The cost
of carrying inventory is Rs. 6 per year.
a) Calculate the Economic Order quantity which should be ordered at a time?
b) How many orders should be placed per year?
c) What is the duration between each order?
8.) You have been assigned to design a layout for a shopping mall in the heart of the city. Which
factors you would like to consider for selecting a layout. What kind of layout you would
recommend and why?
9.) Ten samples, each of size 50 of iron rod were inspected in a tensile testing. The result of the
inspection are given below:

Sample Number Sample Size Number of Defectives

1 50 2
2 50 3
3 50 2
4 50 0
5 50 2
6 50 3
7 50 2
8 50 1
9 50 2
10 50 3

Draw a P-Chart and state your conclusion.

Operation Management 2018 Questions

1.) How can firms compete operationally? Describe the concepts of competitive priorities,
competitive capabilities.
2.) Why is accurate forecasting so important to companies that use a continuous replenishment
inventory system?
3.) How do service layouts differ from manufacturing layouts?
4.) Write a short note on logistics management.
5.) A company is going to construct a new warehouse served by suppliers A, B and C. The x and y
coordinates of suppliers location and the annual number of truck carriers that will serve the
warehouse are given below :

SUPPLIERS X Y No. of truck

Coordinate Coordinate carriers
A 150 250 140
B 300 100 110
C 400 500 170
 Determine the best site for the warehouse using the center of gravity technique.

6.) Briefly describe the dimensions of quality, which a consumer looks in a product, and apply them
to a specific product.
7.) You are a part of the team to select the location for University campus in an underdeveloped
region of the country. What factors would you consider while making the decision? What kind of
location you would recommend and why?
8.) Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative forecast methods. Which one is better and
why?
9.) Because of the approaching holiday season, Mark is scheduled to work 7 days a week for the
next two months. October's work for Mark consists of five jobs, A, B, C, D and E. Processing time
and due date information is given in the table below:

JOB PROCESSING TIME DUE DATE

A 5 10
B 10 15
C 2 5
D 8 12
E 6 8
Sequence the jobs using due date and shortest processing time rules and compare the results for
average completion time, average tardiness, number of tardy jobs.