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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 3
OM0013Advance Production and Operation Management
(Book ID:-B1935)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions (with 300 to 400 words each) must be
written within 6-8 pages. Each Question carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. What is work measurement? Discuss the various techniques of work
measurement.
Answer. Explanation of work measurement:- Work Measurement Study is a
general term used to describe the systematic application of industrial engineering
techniques to establish the work content and time it should take to complete a
task or series of tasks. Work measurement is a productivity improvement tool.
Before improvements can be made, the current productivity level of an
organization must be measured. This measurement is then used as a baseline to
determine if improvement projects have resulted in genuine improvement.

Q2. Explain the meaning and characteristics of a product.

Answer. Meaning of a product: - A product is the item offered for sale. A product can
be a service or an item. It can be physical or in virtual or cyber form. Every
product is made at a cost and each is sold at a price. The price that can be
charged depends on the market, the quality, the marketing and the segment that
is targeted. Each product has a useful life after which it needs replacement, and a
life cycle after which it has to be re-invented. In FMCG parlance, a brand can be
revamped, re-launched or extended to make it more relevant to the segment and
times, often keeping the product almost

Q3. Define the Process of Production Planning and Control.

Answer. Production planning is the planning of production and manufacturing
modules in a company or industry. It utilizes the resource allocation of activities of
employees, materials and production capacity, in order to serve different
customers.
Different types of production methods, such as single item manufacturing, batch
production, mass production, continuous production etc. have their own type of
production planning. Production planning can be combined with production
control into production planning and control, or it can be

Q4. What do you understand by the term inventory? Explain various

types of inventories.
Answer. Inventory or stock refers to the goods and materials that a business
holds for the ultimate purpose of resale (or repair).
Inventory management is a science primarily about specifying the shape and
placement of stocked goods. It is required at different locations within a facility or
within many locations of a supply network to precede the regular and planned
course of production and stock of materials.
The scope of inventory management concerns the fine lines between
replenishment lead time, carrying costs of inventory, asset management,
inventory forecasting, inventory valuation, inventory visibility, future inventory
price forecasting, physical inventory, available physical space for inventory,

Q5. Explain the Process of Quality Control.

Answer. Quality control, or QC for short, is a process by which entities review the
quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "A
part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements".
This approach places an emphasis on three aspects:
Elements such as controls, job management, defined and well managed
processes, performance and integrity criteria, and identification of records
Competence, such as knowledge, skills, experience, and qualifications

Q6. Write short notes on the following:

A. Alfred Webers theory of industrial location
B. Influence of government on industry location
C. Objectives of an effective plant layout
D. Factors affecting a plant layout
Answer. A. Alfred Webers theory of industrial location
Alfred Weber, a German economist, enunciated a systematic theory of industrial
location in 1909. Webers theory of location is purely deductive in its approach.
He analyzed the factors that determine the location of industry and classified
these factors into two divisions. These are:
(i) Primary causes of regional distribution of industry (regional factors)
(ii) Secondary causes (agglomerative and deglomerative factors) that are
responsible for redistribution of industry.

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