A small manufacturer buys a set of steel brackets at Rs. 40 per pair. He does havethe capacity to produce the same at his workshop
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Production Management
1.
A small manufacturer buys a set of steel brackets at Rs.
40 per pair. He does havethe capacity to produce the same at his workshop.
However he has to incur a fixed cost of Rs. 30,000 and a variable cost of Rs.
10 per pair of brackets. He has firm orders for 2000 assemblies each requiring
a pair of brackets. His selling price is Rs. 16 per pair of brackets. What
should he do ? Buy brackets or produce them himself.
2. "Good working conditions lead to higher
productivity”. Discuss.
3. Discuss the factors to be considered while
selecting a "Factory site"
4. Explain the various factors to be cionsidered in
rating a vendor.
5. Assume that a company has
just committed to change from a traditional style of management to one based on
TQM. Explain the importance of employee involvement and empowerment in
implementing the TQM.
6. Name of the tasks, task
times and required immediate predecessors are given below for a food processing
plant:
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Task
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Task
Time (in
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Immediate
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minutes)
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Predecessors
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A
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3
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None
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|
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B
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6
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A
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C
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7
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A
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D
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5
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A
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E
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2
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A
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F
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4
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C,B
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G
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5
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C
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|
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H
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5
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D,E,F,G
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The Plant has desired
output of 7600 units per week. The plant operates for 5 days per week, three
shifts per day and eight hours per shift at 90 percent efficiency. Draw the
precedence diagram. Calculate the required cycle time, line efficiency and
balance delay, for the above operations.
7. Briefly discuss the
concepts of JIT in the context of manufacturing systems. What are the most
critical things needed to implement JIT? Discuss how JIT reduces costs of
material, labour and overheads.
8. Write short notes on the
following :
(i) Quality assurance and total
quality
(ii) Economic Order Quantity
(EQQ)
(iii) Advantage of process layout
(iv) Work measurement techniques
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