ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL 2017

PROGRAM Masters of Business Administration - MBA
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE & MBA201
NAME Production & Operation Management
BK ID B1627
CREDITS & 4
MARKS 60

Note The Assignment is divide into 2 sets. You have to answer all questions in both sets.
Average score of both assignments scored by you will be consider as your IA score. Kindly note
that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words.

Q. ASSIGNMENT SET-1 Total

Marks
No Marks
Differentiate between Production Planning and Production Control. Point out
various functions of Production Planning and Production Control.
1 Functions of Production Planning 5 10
Functions of Production Control 5
What do you mean by Strategic management process? Differentiate between
Environmental scanning & Differentiation strategies
2 1. Strategic management process 4 10
2. Environmental scanning 3
3. Differentiation strategies 3
Explain various Elements or Components of Operations Strategy in detail.
Elements of operations strategy: 2 10
1) Designing of the production system 2
2) Facilities for production and services 1.5
3
3) Product or service design and development
1.5
4) Technology selection, development, and process development
5) Allocation of resources 1.5
6) Focus on facilities planning 1.5

Q. ASSIGNMENT SET-2 Total

Marks
No Marks
1 Explain The Strategic Importance of Forecasting.
Strategic Importance of Forecasting in term of Human Resource 5 10
Strategic Importance of Forecasting in term of Supply Chain 5
Management.
2 Explain the concept of Rating Method for Location decision sequence. Discuss
different types of Rating methods.
 Rating plan method 2 10
Factor rating method 2
Point rating method 2
Break-even analysis
Centre of gravity method 2
2
What do you mean by Quality? Point out, various dimensions of quality?
3 Meaning of Quality 4 10
Dimensions of Quality 6