The Copperbelt University School of Business OSM Department

BSP 234 Productivity Methods I-Deferred Test II (60Marks)

Wednesday 11th December 2013, Lower Dining Hall.

14hrs – 16hrs-Answer All Questions.

QUESTION 1

Mr. Takanawadi is a production supervisor at Toyota-Mitsui Plant in Japan at Assembly

Line I. After a careful analysis of production records from his plant, he observed a
serious 10% production decline every month for half a year to date. Consequently, Mr.
Takanawadi decided to study the assembly line task and observed the following motions:
Search, Position, Inspect, Hold and Plan

Explain the type of class in which these motions can be categorized and explain some
flow symbols associated with these motions (10 Marks)

QUESTION 2

The following data refers to SAMSUNG Mobile phone factory in China. It involves a
worker assembling one type of phone on a single workstation: observed time-150minutes,
Rating 80%, Operational time per day-28800seconds and an operational allowance of
20%

a) Calculate normal time for this assembly operation (6 Marks)

b) Calculate the standard time (6 Marks)

c) Calculate probable production per worker per shift (8 Marks)

QUESTION 3

Identify and describe the application of each of the following techniques: Method time
measurement, Time study, Synthetic data, Work sampling and Analytical estimating

(10Marks)

QUESTION 4

Discuss the suitable suitability of each of the following layout types: Product, Fixed and
Process (20Marks)