MS-53

Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT
FIRST SEMESTER
(January to June)
2020

MS - 53: Production/Operations Management

School of Management Studies

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
 ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MS - 53

Course Title : Production/Operations Management

Assignment Code : MS-53/TMA/SEM - I /2020

Coverage : All Blocks

Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment to the coordinator of your study center on
or before 30th April, 2020.

1. “We have entered the age of technology; henceforth everything will be knowledge based”. Discuss
the above in the context of increasing use of technology-based resources for achieving tasks.

2. “Forecasting is one input to all types of business planning and control, both inside and outside the
operations functions”. Explain the application of forecasting to different functional areas in the
light of the statement.

3. Discuss the relationship between work measurement and job design. Which typically follows the
other? Why?

4. Why did the JIT (Just-in-time) approach evolve in Japan and not in Western countries? Write the
various characteristics of Just – in –time system.

5. “As per major activity groups involved in materials management in any manufacturing
organization, several issues emerge”. Write the various issues related to storage and material
handling.

6. “Technology plays a key role in the development of manufacturing systems”. Explain the
classification of process technology in view of the statement.