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Question Paper: Flour Milling Management

The document is a question paper for an examination on flour milling management. It contains 9 questions testing knowledge across various areas of flour milling including operations, sales, technical, environmental management, and people management. The questions cover topics such as objectives of industry organizations, wheat buying, performance indicators, financial terms, capital investment, production costs, maintenance approaches, and employee rights.

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Question Paper: Flour Milling Management

The document is a question paper for an examination on flour milling management. It contains 9 questions testing knowledge across various areas of flour milling including operations, sales, technical, environmental management, and people management. The questions cover topics such as objectives of industry organizations, wheat buying, performance indicators, financial terms, capital investment, production costs, maintenance approaches, and employee rights.

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Question Paper

Module 7: Flour Milling Management


Date: Time: Duration:
12 May 2016 09:30 – 12:30 3 hours

You should have the following for this examination: one answer book; pencil, pen, ruler and
calculator.
All questions carry equal marks. The maximum marks for each section within a question are shown.
Answer ALL NINE questions, starting each question (1-9) on a new page of the answer book.

1. a) List FOUR of nabim’s objectives. (4 marks)


b) List FOUR organisations with which nabim communicates in order
to achieve these objectives. (2 marks)
c) List THREE objectives of the European Flour Millers Association. (3 marks)
d) Describe briefly THREE reasons for the increase in demand for wheat
across the world. (3 marks)

2. a) Describe briefly THREE key elements of the role of a UK milling


company’s wheat buyer. (3 marks)
b) Describe briefly the benefits to a flour milling company of a
farm assured crop scheme. (3 marks)
c) List FOUR examples of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used in EACH
of the following three departments:
i) Milling; (2 marks)
ii) Transport; (2 marks)
iii) Sales. (2 marks)

3. a) Explain briefly the terms:


i) debtors; (2 marks)
ii) bad debts; (2 marks)
iii) creditors. (2 marks)
b) State the main aim of a flour milling company. (2 marks)
c) Describe briefly the term ‘capital investment’ and list its
TWO main categories. (4 marks)

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© nabim 2016
4. a) Calculate the raw materials cost of 1 tonne of flour from the following
information:
Wheat Type Cost per Tonne (£) % in grist
CWRS 250 25
EU 190 25
UK 180 50

Assume a dirty wheat extraction rate of 80%. No milling gain/loss.


Wheatfeed valued at £120.00 per Tonne.
Show all workings and declare to 1 decimal point. (6 marks)

b) List SIX costs incurred by the sales department. (3 marks)


c) Explain the term ‘depreciation’. (3 marks)

5. a) Describe the process of product development. (6 marks)


b) Describe briefly the role of the technical department within
a flour milling company. (6 marks)

6. a) Sketch and label a cross section plan of a five floor mill. (6 marks)
b) Describe briefly SIX examples of safety in design in a new flour mill. (6 marks)

7. a) Describe briefly SIX responsibilities of the operations management team. (6 marks)


b) Explain the differences between ‘predictive maintenance’ and
‘corrective maintenance’. (3 marks)
c) List SIX stages of project management. (3 marks)

8. a) Describe briefly THREE major environmental impacts of the


flour milling industry. (3 marks)
b) List FOUR reasons for a flour milling company to implement an
environmental management system. (4 marks)
c) Explain the term ‘indemnity insurance’. (2 marks)
d) List SIX common causes of fire in a flour mill and provide
ONE example of EACH cause. (3 marks)

9. a) Describe briefly THREE hard skills and THREE soft skills required
by a frontline manager. (6 marks)
b) List SIX legal rights which all employees are entitled to under
UK legislation. (3 marks)
c) Describe briefly THREE benefits a milling company can gain from
delivering a planned approach to training. (3 marks)

© nabim 2016

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