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Anna University – Regulation 2013

IE6605 - Production Planning and Control

2 Mark Questions

PART-A

Unit I
INTRODUCTION

1. How can you classify the production system? (April / May 2016)

2. What do you understand by product standardization? (April/ May 2016)

3. What do you mean by specialization? (April/May 2016)

4. What do you understand by break-even analysis? (April /May 2015)

5. List the various functions/activities of PPC?(April/ May 2015)

6. List the Objectives of Planning and Control (April/May 2015)

7. Define production planning and control.

8. Define production planning.

9. List the Phases of PPC.

10. What is Production system?

11. Define batch production.

12. Compare and Contrast product simplification with product diversification.

13. List the advantages of specialization.

UNIT II

WORK STUDY

1. What do you mean by work study.

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2. What do you mean by synthetic data? (April/May 2016)

3. List the objective of work study.

4. Define method study. (April/ May 2015)

5. List the objectives of method study.

6. Differentiate between ‘Permanent storage’ and ‘Delay’.

7. Define process chart?

8. Mention the types of process chart?

9. Define time study. (Nov/Dec 2014)

10. Define performance rating.

11. Define basic time and standard time.

12. Define work sampling.

13. What is PMTS, MTA, WFS and MTM?

14. What are THERBLIGS. Give any four with symbols.

15. List the steps involved in Time study.

16. Mention the tools used in time study. (April/May 2015)

UNIT III

PRODUCT PLANNING AND PROCESS PLANNING

1. List the activities of advanced product planning. (April/May2016)

2. List the various information required for process planning. (April/May

2016)

3. State the major objective of assembly line balancing. (April/May 2016)

4. What is value analysis? (April /May 2015)

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5. Define value? Give its types.

6. What is product planning.

7. List the information that can be obtained from the system maintenance
concept.

8. Distinguished between value analysis an value engineering.

9. List any four reasons for product’s unnecessary costs.

10. Define process planning.

11. List the factors affecting process planning.

12. Define machine balancing.

13. Define machine loading.

14. What are the considerations in selection of an equipment or process?

UNIT – IV

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING

1. What is scheduling? What are its objectives? (April/May 2016)

2. What are Gantt charts? (April/May 2015)

3. What is MRP? (April/May 2016

4. Define loading.

5. Define master scheduling?

6. Define MPS?

7. What is meant by EBQ scheduling?

8. Define dispatching rules?

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9. Define priority sequencing?

10. List the various charts that are used in line-of-balance analysis.

11. List the various inputs required for MRP

12. What is meant by Line Efficiency and Balance Delay.

13. What is meant by Gantt Chart and how it is constructed

UNIT – V

INVENTORY CONTROL AND RECENT TRENDS IN PPC

1. Define term inventory and inventory control. (April/ May 2016)

2. What do you mean by kanban production control system? Brief about

Kanban (April/May 2015)

3. What is MRP II? (April/May 2015)

4. List four reasons for keeping an inventory.

5. What are inventory costs?

6. Define Lead time and Re-order point.

7. Define buffer stock, and re-order quantity.

8. Define EOQ.

9. What is JIT? List its Benefits.

10. What are the objectives of JIT?

11. List the functions of MRP II?

12. Define inventory and inventory control

13. What are inventory costs? (April/ May 2014).

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14. What is two bin system? List its advantages (April/May 2015)

15. State the elements of JIT? (April /May 2015)

16. List the four ERP packages that are widely used in India