WK 5

APRIL 2014 77361/PMD2L

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (10 × 1 = 10 marks)

Answer any TEN questions.
All questions carry equal marks.

1. What is ‘capacity planning’?

2. Why it is difficult to estimate ‘opportunity cost’?

3. Define ‘material handling’.

4. What is ergonomics?

5. Write a note on buffer stock.

6. What is total productive maintenance?

7. State the principles of motion economy.

8. What is work sampling?

9. What is statistical quality control?

10. Define ‘OC curve’.

11. What are decentralised system of purchasing?

12. What is service encounter?

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PART B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

13. Discuss the criteria for make or buy decision.

14. Explain the travel chart technique in plant layout.

15. Write a brief note on Q-system and P-system in

Inventory Control.

16. What is work measurement? Bring out the various

techniques used for work measurement.

17. Write an explanatory note on ‘Quality Circles’.

18. What are the different parameters to be

considered for vender evaluation?

19. Discuss the role of Gantt Chart in production

scheduling.

PART C — (4 × 10 = 40 marks)

Answer Q. No. 20 compulsory and answer

any THREE questions from Q.No. 21 to 24.

20. Explain the different types of plant layout.

Suggest what type of layout is suitable for a
pharmaceutical company.

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21. The rate of a particular raw material from stores

is 2 units/year. The cost of placing and receiving
an order is Rs. 40. The cost of each unit is Rs. 100.
The cost of carrying inventory in percent/year is
0.16 and it depends on the average stock.
Determine :
(a) EOQ.
(b) If the lead time is 3 months, calculate
reorder point.

22. With suitable example, explain how work study

accelerators productivity in an Automobile
Industry.

23. What are the quality control techniques? Explain

in detail.

24. Discuss the emerging trends in production system.

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