Examination Paper of Production and Operations Management IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper Production and Operations Management Subject Code-B107 MM.100 Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 marks) This section consists of multiple choice & Short Notes type questions. Answer all the questions. Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple choices: 1. Production and Operations Management concerns
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Production & Operations Management–Homework 1 for Section 4 Due Tuesday October 16‚ 2012 1.1 Eastman publishing Company is considering publishing a paperback textbook on spreadsheet applications for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation‚ textbook design‚ and production setup is estimated to be $80‚000. Variable production and material costs are estimated to be $3 per book. Demand over the life of the book is estimated to be 4‚000 copies. The publisher plans to sell the text to college
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PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Forecasting helps managers and businesses develop meaningful plans and reduce uncertainty of events in the future. Managers want to match supply with demand; therefore‚ it is essential for them to forecast how much space they need for supply to each demand. 1.1 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES * LINEAR TREND Show steady‚ straight-line increases or decreases where the trend-line can go up or down and the angle may be steep or shallow
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management. It deals with chalking out a future course of action & deciding in advance the most appropriate course of actions for achievement of pre-determined goals. According to KOONTZ‚ “Planning is deciding in advance - what to do‚ when to do & how to do. It bridges the gap from where we are & where we want to be”. A plan is a future course of actions. It is an exercise in problem solving & decision making. Planning is determination of courses of action to achieve desired goals. Thus‚
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Inventory system: Inventory system control can be defined as the stock of goods commodities or other resources that are stored at any given period for future production. Inventory system of McDonald: McDonald had a different approach to inventory management wherein they used to pre-cook a batch of hamburgers and sit under heat lamps. It is used to keep them under the lamps for as long as possible and eventually discard whatever they couldn’t sell. Hence customers couldn’t enjoy freshly made food
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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Production and Operations Management ("POM") is the transformation of production and operational inputs into "outputs" that‚ when distributed‚ meet the needs of customers. The History of Production and Operations Management began during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution began in the 1770s in England and spread to the rest of Europe and the United States during the 19th Century. During this time‚ goods were produced in
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BBA – 305 PRODUCTION & OPERATION MANAGEMENT Model Questions based on Previous years Question Papers UNIT – I Qs. 1 : Explain the importance of Production & Operation Management in current scenario. Why it has become an integral part of Business Education ? State with examples. [BBA-IP: Dec. 2011] Qs. 2 : Operation Management is becoming a very important subject in Business Education in the last few
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MGMT 405 Operations and Production Management Answer set 2 (Reference chapter 2 – William J. Stevenson-2007‚ ninth edition) Problems and Solutions 1. Suppose that a company produced 300 standard bookcases last week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced
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Forecasting Forecast can help managers by reducing some of the uncertainty‚ thereby enabling them to develop more meaningful plans than they might otherwise. A forecast is a statement about the future. Features common to all forecasts 1. The same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. 2. Forecasts are rarely perfect; actual results usually differ from predicted values. 3. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts
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different locations. 3. Logistics. Logistics evaluation is the appraisal of the transportation options and costs for the prospective manufacturing and warehousing facilities. 4. Labor. Labor analysis determines whether prospective locations can meet a company ’s labor needs given its short-term and long-term goals. 5. Community and site. Community and site
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