PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL MODEL QUESTIONS

1 a) Mention the nature of PPC function with respect to continuous and intermittent production system. b) Using the exponential smoothing technique, compute the forecasts from the following data (time series) under the situations when = 0.3 and = 0.7. Compute forecast for the 11th period. Which forecast do you accept? Give reasons. Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Demand 27 30 32 31 28 27 30 33 33 31 Or c) Describe Job Production and Batch Production with suitable examples. 6M d) Given below is a series of monthly demand of a product. Use Simple 6M Exponential Smoothing method to forecast demand of 9th month. Use smoothing constant, =0.2. Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Actual 96 106 110 90 100 98 110 105 Demand a) Explain Q-system of inventory control? 4M b) A TV manufacturer requires 24000 items of a component. The order cost is 8 M Rs. 420. The carrying cost is 25% of unit price which is Rs 2.10. Assume delivery is instantaneous; find reorder point and economic order quantity. 4M c) Compare VED analysis with ABC analysis. 8M d) A manufacturer has to supply 12,000 units of a product per year to his customer. The demand is fixed and known and the shortage cost is assumed infinite. The inventory holding cost is Re. 0.20 per unit per month and the setup cost per run is Rs. 350. Determine (i). The optimum run size. (ii). Optimum scheduling period (iii). Minimum total yearly variable cost a) Explain about the Route/Operation/Process sheet. 4M b) The precedence diagram for assembly activities A through G is shown in 8 M figure below, with the element time requirements shown in minutes. The line operates 7 hours a day and an output of 600 units per is desired. Compute a) the cycle time and b) the theoretical minimum number of workers. Or 6M 6M

Or c) Illustrate Bill of Material considering chair as a product? d) The forecast for a group of items manufactured in a firm is shown below. 4M 8M

Quarter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Demand 370 320 570 670 550 370 350 480 The firm estimates that it costs Rs. 200 per unit to increase the production rate, Rs. 250 per unit to decrease the production rate, Rs.75 per unit per quarter to carry the items on inventory and Rs.125 per unit if subcontracted. Calculate the cost incurred if the firm follows a Changing the inventory levels as a strategy. a) Write a note on forward and backward scheduling? 4M b) Explain the steps in LOB Technique. 8M 4M c) Discuss flowshop scheduling and jobshop scheduling with suitable examples. 8M d) Explain with a neat sketch how Gantt chart is used to show schedules. Explain the symbols used in drawing Gantt chart. a) Discuss advantages and disadvantages of centralized and decentralized 4 M dispatching. b) With the help of a Organizational Charts, explain the Centralized and 8 M Decentralized System of Dispatching. Or c) Discuss various orders triggered in a manufacturing firm by a centralized 4 M dispatching department. d) Discuss in detail the sequential steps involved in dispatching. 8M Or