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BUILD BRIGHT UNIVERSITY
SIHANOUKVILLE STUDY CENTER
MBA -PROGRAM
Course: Production and Operation Management (POM)
Preparation Questions and Exercises for Final Examination
I.
Question :
1) What Objectives of production and operation management?
2) What do you understand by production and operational management?
3) What is Production and Operations Management? What are the scope of Operation Management?
4) Describe the stages of the product life cycle, and what are the demand characteristics at each stage?
5) Explain, phases in Product Development Process.
6) Explain, activities of product or service design.
7) What are the steps in process design? What inputs are required for process design? What outputs of process design?
8) Explain the meaning of designing products for ease of production. Why is this important?
9) Explain the meaning of designing products quality. Why is this important?
10) Describe ,Advantage and disadvantages of Standardization.
11) What are the location decision factors?
12) Give some examples of automation. How has automation changed the production process?
13) Define and Describe:
a) Positioning of the production system in manufacturing and in services.
b) Focus of factories and service facilities.
c) Production process and technology plans.
d) Allocation of resources to strategy alternatives.
e) Facilities planning.
( Norman Gaither ,p.44)
14) Define and Describe ,Decision making in Production and operation management(POM),Give example for retailer , manufacturing or government.
( strategic ,operating and Control decision) ( Norman Gaither ,p.19) ,
15) What are the most important factors affecting POM today? ( Norman Gaither ,p.22)
II.
Solve problems
David Upton is President of Upton Manufacturing, a producer of Go-Kart tires. Upton makes
1000 tires per day with the following resources:
1)
Labor
: 300 hours at $12 per hour
Raw material : 20,000 pounds per day at $1 per pound
Energy
SIHANOUKVILLE STUDY CENTER
MBA -PROGRAM
Course: Production and Operation Management (POM)
Preparation Questions and Exercises for Final Examination
I.
Question :
1) What Objectives of production and operation management?
2) What do you understand by production and operational management?
3) What is Production and Operations Management? What are the scope of Operation Management?
4) Describe the stages of the product life cycle, and what are the demand characteristics at each stage?
5) Explain, phases in Product Development Process.
6) Explain, activities of product or service design.
7) What are the steps in process design? What inputs are required for process design? What outputs of process design?
8) Explain the meaning of designing products for ease of production. Why is this important?
9) Explain the meaning of designing products quality. Why is this important?
10) Describe ,Advantage and disadvantages of Standardization.
11) What are the location decision factors?
12) Give some examples of automation. How has automation changed the production process?
13) Define and Describe:
a) Positioning of the production system in manufacturing and in services.
b) Focus of factories and service facilities.
c) Production process and technology plans.
d) Allocation of resources to strategy alternatives.
e) Facilities planning.
( Norman Gaither ,p.44)
14) Define and Describe ,Decision making in Production and operation management(POM),Give example for retailer , manufacturing or government.
( strategic ,operating and Control decision) ( Norman Gaither ,p.19) ,
15) What are the most important factors affecting POM today? ( Norman Gaither ,p.22)
II.
Solve problems
David Upton is President of Upton Manufacturing, a producer of Go-Kart tires. Upton makes
1000 tires per day with the following resources:
1)
Labor
: 300 hours at $12 per hour
Raw material : 20,000 pounds per day at $1 per pound
Energy