Master of Business Administration – MBA Semester 2 MB0044 – Production & operations Management - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1133) Assignment Set- 1 60 Marks Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. 1. What are the components of systems productivity? Explain how CAD and CIM help in improving productivity. 2. What do you understand by ‘industry best practice’? different types of Benchmarking. Briefly explain 3. List out the various automated systems for transfer
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Business Process Reengineering has gained a considerable attention in the world of change management during the past years. While more and more organizations embark on the BPR trend it can be concluded‚ that the theoretical bedrock for BPR falls rather short of the concepts ambition of being a solution for a multiplicity of problems that many companies suffer from. This thesis is intended to provide a theoretical framework for BPR by linking the concept to existing theories within marketing
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VIDEO CASE 9: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES Ball Company Name: Ksenia Tarasova 1. What is the situation with manufacturers in your area? Are they firing workers or hiring more? What are some of the environmental factors affecting local plants? The Lansing region is an important notch in the Midwest manufacturing belt. Lansing’s downtown area continues to undergo a facelift that began in the late 1990s. Loft development is bolstered by grant monies if certain
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IMSE 3001 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Coursework No. 1 Background: Recently‚ our company strategy has been reviewed and new management policies are introduced to cope with the recent technology development and future market trend. Workflow in the e-commerce environment: Under the new management policies‚ an e-commerce system will be established. IDEF0 Diagrams for illustrating the respective workflow in the e-commerce environment are shown as follows: Figure 1: Node A-0
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Assembling precast concrete facades and slabs ADVANTAGES of Precast Concrete * Less reliance on Skilled Labor * Standardized Product * Reduction of on-site work and less congestion * Stable Design & Consistent/Superior Quality * Production unaffected by traditional problems (environment etc) * Less Supervision required. DISADVANTAGES of Precast Concrete * Design process to be specified at the outset of the process * Dependence on Expensive equipment (eg. Tower crane)
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN SERVICE AND MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS In defining an organization we usually come across two major categories of organizations. First Manufacturing organization and the other Service organization. Both‚ above-mentioned organizations are completely different from one another and hence the role of operations management is different in both. Operations management is mainly concerned with making the proper use of available resources of the organization. Resources available
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MB0044 - Production and Operation Management Q1. State the important considerations for locating an automobile plant. Following are the important considerations for locating a Automobile plant - (1) Market. (2) Transportation. (3) Electricity. (4) Community’s liking for having a plant in their locality. (5) Taxation. (6) Labour availability. (7) Water supply. (8) Transperency and ease of land accusition. (9) Availability of raw materials. (10) cheap land (11) train station (12)
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| Question 2 3 out of 3 points | | | |[pic] |Consider consecutive processes ABC‚ where process A has a capacity of 20 units per hour‚ process B has a capacity of 25 | | |units per hour‚ and process C has a capacity of 30 units per hour. Where would an operations manager NOT want any | | |inventory?
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1)Scope of CIM 2)Types of manufacture 1. continuous process industries These industries are easily controlled and automated and computers are widely used for process monitoring‚ control and optimization. 2. Mass production industries Industries manufacturing fasteners‚ integrated chips‚ automobiles etc. are all mass produced and are therefore specially designed and optimized to ensure automatic and cost effectiveness. 3. Batch production Large % of manufacturing industries are
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Briefly explain the meaning of‚ and reasons for‚ strict liability. For strict liability offences it can be said that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of the actus reus of the offence. It is often said that no mens rea is needed for strict liability offences. This is probably an over simplification. A more complete answer would be that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of
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