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Sample Questions in Production and Operation Management

This document contains sample questions for a Production and Operation Management exam. It includes 5 questions in Section A where students must choose 4, and 1 compulsory question in Section B. The question in Section B involves scheduling maintenance for 8 machines across 2 crews (A and B) using Johnson's rule to minimize idle times, and representing the optimal sequence on a Gantt chart.

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Sample Questions in Production and Operation Management

This document contains sample questions for a Production and Operation Management exam. It includes 5 questions in Section A where students must choose 4, and 1 compulsory question in Section B. The question in Section B involves scheduling maintenance for 8 machines across 2 crews (A and B) using Johnson's rule to minimize idle times, and representing the optimal sequence on a Gantt chart.

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Sample Questions in Production and Operation Management

1. Attempt any 4 questions from Section A. Section B is compulsory.


Section A

1. What is transformation process in the context of POM? Explain the transformation process in an automobile component manufacturing unit. 2. Define scheduling. What are limiting factors in production scheduling? 3. What is Operations Management ? What are decision taken by operation managers for a production operation 4. Explain the importance of Aggregate planning? What are the inputs and nature of outputs? 5. Consider a case, when you are planning to open a Computer Assembly Center. Develop an operations strategy to guide the overall operations of your new venture. Section B
A company has 8 large machines which receive preventive maintenance. The maintenance team is divided into 2 crews A and B. Crew A takes the machine power and replaces parts as per given maintenance schedule. The second crew resets the machine and puts back into operation. At all times the no passing rule is considered to be in effect. The servicing time for each machine is give below. Machine Crew A Crew B a 5 6 b 4 10 c 22 12 d 16 8 e 15 20 f 11 7 g 9 2 h 4 21

Using Jonsons rule, determine the optimal sequence of scheduling the factory maintenance crews to minimize their idle times and represent it on the Gantt chart.

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