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MBA B 19-21 Assmt1

This document outlines an operations management assignment for an MBA program. It provides 12 questions on topics related to operations management, including bottleneck analysis, throughput time, forecasting methods, quality assurance, aggregate production planning, manufacturing classifications, productivity improvement measures, inventory types, statistical process control, total quality management, lean management, and justification of a statement on productivity and national prosperity. Students are instructed to answer all questions in handwritten format not exceeding 200 words each. The assignment is due on December 12, 2019.

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MBA B 19-21 Assmt1

This document outlines an operations management assignment for an MBA program. It provides 12 questions on topics related to operations management, including bottleneck analysis, throughput time, forecasting methods, quality assurance, aggregate production planning, manufacturing classifications, productivity improvement measures, inventory types, statistical process control, total quality management, lean management, and justification of a statement on productivity and national prosperity. Students are instructed to answer all questions in handwritten format not exceeding 200 words each. The assignment is due on December 12, 2019.

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14th November 2019

MBA ‘B’- Sem II (2019-21)

Operations Management
Assignment 1 Maximum: 10 marks
Date of Submission: On or before Dec 12, 2019

1. Write short notes on (a) Bottleneck analysis (b) Throughput time and cycle time and
(c) Little’s Law.
2. Examine the various types of manufacturing/production systems and facility/plant
layouts. What are the different factors that should be considered for designing a
plant layout?
3. Present an elaborate discussion on forecasting methods.
4. Show how operations management is linked to other functional areas of
management.
5. Discuss various practices by which quality is assured in an organization.
6. Assess the need for aggregate production planning and alternatives for managing
demand and supply.
7. Examine in detail the manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations and their
classifications.
8. Explain the measures available to improve the productivity of an organization.
9. Explain different types of inventory. What are the P and Q inventory control
systems? Explain EOQ and Newsvendor models.
10. Write short notes on SPC and TQM.
11. What do you mean by Lean Management? Illustrate ‘waste management as the core
logic of JIT’.
12. Productivity is the key to prosperity and sense of well-being of a nation". Justify,
your agreement or disagreement.

Note: Answers need not exceed 200 words (2 pages approximately) and should be
handwritten.

Simon Jacob C

Course Facilitator

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