MS05 : Management of Machines and Materials

JUNE 2003

Note :

(i) Answer any three questions from Section A.

(ii) Section B is compulsory.

SECTION A

1(a) Explain the different operational decisions in Operations Management.                                                                    [10]

(b) Discuss the role of scientific methods in Operation Management.                                                                              [10]

2(a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of continuous and batch processing.                                                       [10]

(b) Discuss with examples, the process for capacity planning.                                                                                        [10]

3(a) Explain the steps of Method Study. What is a two hand process chart? Give an example.                                         [10]

(b) Discuss the use of Work Sampling in Work Study. How do you calculate the number of observations to be taken?

                                                                                                                                                                                  [10]  4(a) Explain the concept of line balancing, giving examples.                                                                                           [10]

(b) Discuss the various types of maintenance. What do you mean by Signature Analysis?                                                [10]

5(a) “Value Engineering is an important tool to improve productivity”. Explain.                                                                [10]

(b) Explain Quality Assessment, Quality Control, Quality Assurance and Quality Circles.                                     [10]

SECTION B

6(a) Discuss the various functions of stores. Explain the different storage systems.                                                         [10]

(b) Explain ABC, VED and FSN analysis, giving examples.                                                                                           [10]

7 The time and cost estimates of different activities of a project and their precedence relationships are given below:

Overhead costs amount Rs. 1000 per week.

(i) Draw the network and show the critical path.

(ii) Crash the network to the minimum possible duration. What will the critical activities be after such crashing?                [20]