Feb Drive 2011
Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester II
MB0044 – Production & Operations Management - 4 Credits
(Book ID: B1133)
Assignment
Set- 1 (60 Marks)
Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions.
Q1. Explain in brief the origins of Just In Time. Explain the different types of wastes
that can be eliminated using JIT.
Q2. What is Value Engineering or Value Analysis? Elucidate five companies which
have incorporated VE with brief explanation.
Q3. Explain different types of Quantitative models. Differentiate between work
study and motion study.
Q4. What is Rapid Prototyping? Explain the difference between Automated flow line
and Automated assembly line with examples.
Q5. Explain Break Even Analysis and Centre of Gravity methods. Explain Product
layout and process layout with examples.
Q6. Explain Juran’s Quality Trilogy and Crosby’s absolutes of quality. List out the
pillars of Total Productive Maintenance.
Feb Drive 2011
Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester II
MB0044 – Production & Operations Management - 4 Credits
(Book ID: B1133)
Assignment
Set- 2 (60 Marks)
Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions.
Q1. Explain Logical Process Modelling and Physical Process Modelling. What are the
ingredients of Business Process?
Q2. Explain Project Management Knowledge Areas. With an example explain Work
Breakdown Structure.
Q3. Take an example of any product or project and explain Project Management
Life Cycle.
Q4. Explain PMIS. What is the difference between Key Success Factor (KSF) and
Knowledge (K) Factor? Explain with example.
Q5. Explain the seven principles of supply chain management. Take an example of
any product in the market and explain the scenario of Bullwhip effect.
Q6. Time taken by three machines on five jobs in a factory is tabulated below in
table below. Find out the optimal sequence to be followed to minimise the idle
time taken by the jobs on the machines.
Job Machine 1 Machine 2 Machine 3
(M1) (M2) (M3)
A 6 8 7
B 4 5 3
C 5 5 7
D 3 4 6
E 4 3 4