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AMF 201
Amity Campus
Uttar Pradesh
India 201303

ASSIGNMENTS
PROGRAM: MFM
SEMESTER-II
Subject Name : Operational Management (AMF 202)
Study Country :
Student Name :
INSTRUCTIONS
a) Students are required to submit all three assignment sets.

ASSIGNMENT
DETAILS
MARKS
Assignment A
Five Subjective Questions
10
Assignment B
Three Subjective Questions + Case Study
10
Assignment C
Objective or one line Questions
10

b) Total weightage given to these assignments is 30%. OR 30 Marks
c) All assignments are to be completed as typed in word/pdf.
d) All questions are required to be attempted.
e) All the three assignments are to be completed by due dates and need to be submitted for evaluation by Amity University.
f) The students have to attached a scan signature in the form.

Signature :
Date : 25/04/2013
( √ ) Tick mark in front of the assignments submitted
Assignment ‘A’

Assignment ‘B’

Assignment ‘C’


Operational Management Assignment 1

1. Discuss the changing philosophy of operations management. What are the new trends in operations management?
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2. What is the difference in strategy in developing an initial layout for a new facility as compared to the strategy in improving the layout of an existing facility?
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3. Discuss the various factors to be considered to decide the location of a cement plant? How do the factors differ in case of a nuclear plant?
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4. Write short notes on: (a) Capacity requirement plans (b) Rough cut capacity plans (c) Resource requirement plans
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a. Capacity requirement plans
A forecast for demand of the product is the base for estimating the short term workload on the facility. Companies plans for a period of one and work out the expected output of different products or services based on the forecast. The plans generated are then compared with the

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