OM Assignment S III To VI
OM Assignment III (Product Design and Process Selection)
1.Discuss BEP?And elaborate why this is useful.
2.Explain with example DFM and DFA.
3.Differentiate between intermittent and continuous operation.
OM Assignment IV(Capacity Planning)
1.Define capacity cost ,waiting cost and optimum capacity.
2. In a manual system of tax filing tax payers are lining up, in order to file their income tax returns. The arrival of tax payer is Poisson at a rate of 5 per minute. The IT officer wishes that no tax payer should suffer for more than 10 minutes in the queuing system. If only one clerk is serving, what should be the rate at which the clerk disposes the tax returns? What if the number of clerk is two?
OM Assignment V(Aggregate Planning)
1.Discuss chase strategy and level strategy.
2.What is expansionist strategy and wait & watch strategy?
OM Assignment VI (Numericals)
1. A copy center in an office building prepares bound reports for two clients. The center makes multiple copies (the lot size) of each report. The processing time to run, collate, and bind each copy depends on, among other factors, the number of pages. The center operates 250 days per year, with one 8-hour shift. Management believes that a capacity cushion of 15 percent (beyond the allowance built into time standards) is best. It currently has three copy machines. Based on the following table of information, determine how many machines are needed at the copy center.
Item
Client X
Client Y
Annual demand forecast (copies) 2,000 6,000
Standard processing time (hour/copy) 0.5 0.7
Average lot size (copies per report) 20 30
Standard setup time (hours) 0.25 0.40
2. Grandmother’s Chicken Restaurant is experiencing a boom in business. The owner expects to serve 80,000 meals this year. Although the kitchen is operating at 100 percent capacity, the dining room can handle 105,000 diners per year. Forecasted demand for the next five years is 90,000 meals for next year, followed by a 10,000-meal increase in
1.Discuss BEP?And elaborate why this is useful.
2.Explain with example DFM and DFA.
3.Differentiate between intermittent and continuous operation.
OM Assignment IV(Capacity Planning)
1.Define capacity cost ,waiting cost and optimum capacity.
2. In a manual system of tax filing tax payers are lining up, in order to file their income tax returns. The arrival of tax payer is Poisson at a rate of 5 per minute. The IT officer wishes that no tax payer should suffer for more than 10 minutes in the queuing system. If only one clerk is serving, what should be the rate at which the clerk disposes the tax returns? What if the number of clerk is two?
OM Assignment V(Aggregate Planning)
1.Discuss chase strategy and level strategy.
2.What is expansionist strategy and wait & watch strategy?
OM Assignment VI (Numericals)
1. A copy center in an office building prepares bound reports for two clients. The center makes multiple copies (the lot size) of each report. The processing time to run, collate, and bind each copy depends on, among other factors, the number of pages. The center operates 250 days per year, with one 8-hour shift. Management believes that a capacity cushion of 15 percent (beyond the allowance built into time standards) is best. It currently has three copy machines. Based on the following table of information, determine how many machines are needed at the copy center.
Item
Client X
Client Y
Annual demand forecast (copies) 2,000 6,000
Standard processing time (hour/copy) 0.5 0.7
Average lot size (copies per report) 20 30
Standard setup time (hours) 0.25 0.40
2. Grandmother’s Chicken Restaurant is experiencing a boom in business. The owner expects to serve 80,000 meals this year. Although the kitchen is operating at 100 percent capacity, the dining room can handle 105,000 diners per year. Forecasted demand for the next five years is 90,000 meals for next year, followed by a 10,000-meal increase in