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University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur

(Established by Act of State Govt. & u/s 22 of UGC Act, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India)

University Examination
MBA, 2nd year, 4th Semester
Subject Code-POM404 Total Marks – 100
Subject-Logistic and Supply Chain Management Time Duration –3hrs.
All the answers should be in brief and to the point.
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Group-A
(Answer any fifteen questions) [15*1=15]
1. Choose the correct option:
a. Henry Fayol is also known as the father of
i) Scientific approach to management
ii) Functional approach to management
iii) Behavioural approach to management
iv) Administrative approach to management
b. Which of the following gives suggestions for new product and also helps to market new
products?
i) Existing products and services
ii) Distribution channels
iii) Federal government
iv) Consumers
c. Which of the following is NOT an unethical business practice:
i) Falsification of Data
ii) Banner Advertisement
iii) Plagiarism
iv) Exaggeration of products benefits
d. The emphasis of Behavioural approach to Management is to:
i) Motivate the workers to produce better by giving them incentives
ii) View workers as mechanism to production
iii) Insist on strict adherence to rules
iv) Break up of management process into individual units
e. Narrow Span of Control leads to
i) Flat Structure
ii) Mechanistic Structure
iii) Tall Structure
iv) All of the above
f. Commissioning of a project
i) precedes installation of the projects
ii) succeeds installation of the projects
iii) has no relationship with installation of the projects
iv) the relationship depends on specific situation
g. Which software is used in production and Operations management?
i) PRIMAVERA
ii) MS PROJECT
iii) SPSS
iv) All of these
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h. An effective quantity control operation starts from

i) the inspection of input materials at the beginning of the production process and
continues as per the inspection schedule
ii) inspection at the end of the process
iii) as and when the inspection is called for defective materials arising out of
production
iv) none of these
i. If annual requirement is 1200 number of items, ordering cost is Rs. 20 per
order and EOQ = 15, then the annual procurement cost is
v) Rs. 2400
vi) Rs. 1600
vii) Rs. 1800
viii) Rs. 20
j. For an integrated steel plant, the plant location decision will be chiefly influenced by the
consideration of
i) proximity to the market
ii) availability of electricity
iii) proximity to the raw material supply source
iv) None of these
k. If annual requirement is 24,000 units for an item, ordering cost is Rs. 200 per order and
EOQ = 2000 units with price per unit of the item is Rs. 20, then the annual carrying cost
per unit is
i) 10%
ii) 12%
iii) 20%
iv) None of these
l. On which factors do the plant layout is based on
i) Location
ii) Availability of resources
iii) Environment
iv) All of these
m. Raises and promotions may be viewed as a form of
i) Profit sharing
ii) Piece rate pay
iii) Commissions and royalties
iv) Tournament pay
n. Employee leasing
a) Is similar to the process of hiring temporary workers
b) Is not similar to the process of hiring temporary workers
c) Is the process of employing workers
d) All of these
o. Outsourcing refers to
a) Outstanding job
b) Prove permanent employees to the job seekers
c) Contracting with another company or person to do a particular job
d) All of these
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p. Management is bound for labour welfare

a) Within the factory only
b) Outside the factory only
c) Both a and b
d) None of these
q. Which among the following is not an example of fringe benefit?
a) Medical benefits
b) Overtime allowances
c) House rent allowances
d) Educational allowances

Group-B
(Answer any five questions) [5*5=25]

2. What is meant by Aggregate Planning?

3. What are the criteria required for Selecting a Project? Discuss.
4. Define and discuss the role of Cellular Manufacturing.
5. Briefly state the scope of maintenance, along with types of maintenance?
6. Describe Kaizan and different Quality Standards.
7. Explain briefly the principles used in material handling. What do you mean by MRP-II?
8. Describe the exponential smoothing method for demand forecasting.
9. Write the guidelines of job description.
10. What measures do you suggest for a small manufacturing company to take up to retain its key-line
workers?

Group-C
(Answer any four questions) [4*15=60]
11. a. There are 5 jobs each of which must go through 2 machines A and B:

Job 1 2 3 4 5
Machine A 5 1 9 3 10
Machine B 2 6 7 8 4
Determine a sequence for 5 jobs that will minimize the total elapsed time.
b. State briefly Johnson’s Rule in scheduling.
c. A company manufacturing electrical control panels uses 4000 toggle switches a year. It
costs approximately Rs.30000.00 to prepare an order and receive it. Carrying costs are
40 per cent of purchase price per unit on annual basis. Determine the optimal order
quantity and total annual cost considering switches are priced as follows :
Range of Order Unit price (Rs.)
1 to 499 90.00
500 to 999 85.00
1000 and above 80.00 6+3+6
12. a. Define Management.
b. Describe the Concept of Maslow’s Hierarchy?
c. Compare and contrast the classical approach and human relations approach to
management thought. 2+4+9
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13. a. What are the various costs associated inventory management? Explain why ordering
costs decrease with increase in inventory.
b. As a production manager state the reasons why you need a good plant location. What
factors should be considered while selecting a suitable location of a plant?
c. Define briefly the concept of JIT. 5+6+4
14. a. What are control charts? State its types.
b. 10 samples, each of size 50 of a pipe were inspected in pressure testing. The result is
given below:
Sample no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of Defectives 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 2 3
Draw a p-chart and state your conclusions. 5+10
15. a. A Company has got a demand for particular part at 10,000 units per year. The cost per
unit is Rs. 2 & it costs Rs. 36 to place an order and to process the delivery. The inventory
carrying cost is estimated at 9% of average inventory investment.
Determine:
i) Economic order quantity. (EOQ)
ii) Optimum no. of orders placed per annum.
iii) Minimum total cost of inventory per annum.
b. Define TQM and EBS. 9+6
16. a. Define the ABC analysis with illustration
b. Develop an ABC classification for a store with the following data:
Item No. Average monthly Price/u
demand nit
1 1500 20

10 500 10

c. Compare ABC and VED analysis for inventory control. 3+8+4

17. “Channel management is a process of selection, motivation, evaluation and elimination”.
Discuss elaborately with appropriate examples. 15
18. Write short notes on any three: 4+11
a) Total distribution concept.
b) Third party logistics.
c) Material handling transportation system.
d) Customer service logistics.
e) Vehicle Routing and Scheduling