reno [| 1-1 Lee ee | Question Paper Code: 40335 M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2015. Second Semester BA 7201 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (Regulation 2013) hree hours © Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions. : PART A—(10 x 2=20 marks) © What is Supply Chain Management? BS oe ie corapetilive pribritis? | Write the different facility location models? What are the inputs of MRP System? Define Productivity. _ ~ Differentiate micro motion study with motion study. - What do you mean by ‘centralised buying’? Define value analysis. : : _ Define project management. short note on Gantt chart. PART B — (5 x 16 = 80 marks) Explain in detail the various elements of operation strategy. (16) 3 Or Briefly discuss the historical development of operations ‘management. the differences between services and goods.12. (a) A toy company buys large quantities of plastic pellets for use in th manufacture of its products. Production manager Josh Kang wants ¢ develop a forecasting system for plastic pellet prices. The price per poun: of plastic pellets has varied as shown: Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Plastic pellets price inpounds 039 041 045 O44 040 O41 038 036 Month 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Plastic pellets price in pounds 0.35 0.38 0.39 043 0.37 0.38 0.36 0.39 Use exponential smoothing to forecast monthly plastic pellet price: Compute what the forecasts would have been for all the months < historical data for @ = 0.1, a = 0.3 and a = 0.5:if the assumed forecas forall «’s in the first month is 0.39 pounds. (Le : Or (6) (i) Explain the types of capacity planning. ( (i) Discuss the different alternative for capacity development. (4 (iii) Discuss the types of facility layout. G4 18. (a) (i) Describe the steps involved in process planning, (i) De&Scribe the generic product developinent process and oe does th process change for ‘technology push products’, « Or (©) Explain the different techniques of works study. ae The annual demand for an automobile component is 24000 units ‘The carrying cost is Rs. 0.40/unit/year, the ordering cost is Rs. 20 pe je shortage cost is Rs. 10/unit/year. Find the optimal values o () EOQ (ii) Maximum inventory (iii) Maximum shortag Cycle time (v) Inventory period (t1) (vi) Shortag ; desider the following table summarizing the details of a project wolving 11 activities. Activity Predecessor(s) yids am b A = CAL 8 et = Lee eed Cc = des 7 D A deez Be E AB se? 9 F Cc nea 9 G. Cc ee 8 H EF AG 4 I EF 4.4 10 Jd DH 25 14 K LG po eee) Construct the project network. (6) Find the expected duration and variance of each activity. ©) Find the critical path and the expected project completion time. (6) , Or (i) Write the principles of Work-Center scheduling. 4) (i) Distinguish between a job shop, a Group Ti logy cell, and a j Flow shop. ®) Under what condition the assignment method is appropriate for job shop aghedulipe. @ S PJ Sf