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Questions and Answers of Production And Operations Management

What is the relevance of ‘objectives’ in project management? Where is the effect of this consideration felt during the project management process? Give examples and explain.
Discuss the uses of:(i) Social Cost Benefit Analysis;(ii) Impact Analysis in project management.
How is project evaluation (as described in this book) different from project appraisal?
What is an ‘activity’? How is a proper concept of ‘activity’ important in the implementation of the project?
Discuss the importance of ‘time estimation’ in the application of network analysis to projects.
What are the merits and demerits of 3-time estimates versus a single time estimate?
What is the significance of Critical path? Can there be multiple Critical Paths in a network?
Explain the managerial significance and use of total and free floats.
Does time analysis give us the final schedule of activities? Explain your answer.
What are the limitations of CPM?
A group of students wanted to visit a project to study the use of Network Analysis. “Our CPM Charts are not yet stable” came the reply from the project manager. What are your comments on this?
Given the following Activity Immediate predecessor Duration, in days A– 9 B– 20 C– 10 DA 11 EC 10 F B, C 4 GF 2 H D, F 5 I E, F, K18 J G, H14 K– 24 LK 6(a) Draw the CPM diagram.(b) Find out
Consider the following project:Activity Immediate predecessor/s A –B –C A D A, B E B, C F D, E For the above project, the following arrow diagram is drawn:Is there any flaw in the above diagram?
Refer to the example on Resource Analysis given in this chapter. If, in addition to the unskilled workers, skilled workers are also required to accomplish the activities as given below, Do the
For the Precedence Network (Canal for Storm-Water Drainage) given in this chapter, work out the(i) Early Start Schedule, and(ii) Late Start Schedule.(Note: Activities cannot be interrupted once
Study an ongoing project of any size. Applying project management principles, present your observations and recommendations for possible improvements.
What is Just-In-Time production? What are its aims?
Why is a multi-function worker required in J-I-T?
What difficulties might you perceive in meeting the above requirement? Answer in the context of Indian human resources and human relations.
What is the role of set-up times in J-I-T? How should they be reduced? Give an example.
How flexible is the J-I-T system? Explain.
In its simplest terms, Toyota Production system might be interpreted as a special case of MRP. Comment.
Does J-I-T bring in a reduction in the (a) machinery and (b) manpower cost? Explain.
How would one go about implementing J-I-T? Elaborate.
What is ‘Smoothing Production’? Why is it done?
Do you see any commonalities between Quality Circles and J-I-T?
Explain the purpose of Y o–-i-don.
What is the role of automation in J-I-T?
Does J-I-T combine the benefits of job-order production and that of line production? Explain.
What would be the role of supervisors under J-I-T?
What is the role of ‘empowerment’ in JIT business philosophy? Discuss.ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
Study organisations that have been practicing JIT. Present your observations on the benefits obtained by the organisation and/or problems faced. Present a detailed report on the application of JIT
Give an example of a necessary non-value adding activity. The example should be different from that given in this chapter.
What does ‘value stream mapping’ do? What does it do not do? – That is, what are its limitations? Answer in the context of lean operations.
Explain the difference in ‘lean’ and ‘traditional’ thinking. Is there a difference in the purposes? If so, what is it?
Describe the ‘Muda’ of over-production. How is it different from ‘over-processing’?
Why was the elimination of ‘fitting’ a crucial step in Henry Ford’s assembly line production of automobiles? Explain.
Why is ‘housekeeping’ important in production? Is the ‘5S’ different from good housekeeping? Explain in brief.
How will one apply ‘lean operations’ concepts in service business? Explain in brief.
Is customer involvement a hindrance in applying lean principles to service business?Explain in brief.
How is ‘lean manufacturing’ a step ahead of JIT production system? Explain.
Can ‘profit motive’ and ‘lean operations’ be compatible? Explain your answer.
What is ‘sustainability’? What is ‘sustainable development’? Explain.
How can the manufacturing operations adversely affect sustainability? Explain.
Can ‘service’ operations adversely affect sustainability? Explain giving examples.
Worldwide what are the major environmental concerns today? How can production/opera5.
Could operations efficiencies be sometimes counter-productive–when looked at from the environmental angle? Explain your response.
What is ‘cradle-to-grave’ approach in considering the environmental effects of a product design? Explain.
Isn’t providing a service fundamentally different from manufacturing a product? Can the design of a service have significant effect on the environment? Give examples and explain.
How would yo u have redesigned the service you have mentioned? Explain.
Take any one industry and discuss the importance of the principles of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle with regard to that industry. Focus your discussion on the environmental issues.
Explain the importance of good housekeeping in an organization with reference to the environmental impact of the organisation’s activities.to better the state of the environment.
How would have good production and operations management practices averted the terrible Bhopal gas tragedy? Research and discuss.
What is the impact of technological advances on Production Management?
What are the merits and demertis of Robotics?
How can you integrate group technology and MRP? What problems do you foresee in such an integration?
Explain the use of coding systems in group technology.
What might be the impact of changing attitudes about work on Job Design? How will technological advances affect Job Design? How should production management cope with the simultaneous effect of both
What role for production and operatiosn management do you foresee in another 15-20 years’ time in India?
What will be the effect of depleting resources on production and operations management?How far is the problem of depleting resources applicable to India?
Discuss the importance fo Group Technology in CIM.
Can a Just-In-Time (J-I-T) system be combined with CIM? If yes, how? If no, why not?Discuss.
What are the implications of CIM to the Indian industry? Discuss.
Discuss service orientation and customer focus in Indian industry/business in the light of the Indian society. Elaborate on the interaction between the production and operations management and the
Gather information on the thermal power plants in India. What could be the measures of efficiency for these plants? How could the efficiency/efficiencies be improved? Discuss.
Examine the tourisms sector of India’s economy. What could be the measures of performance? Operationally what improvements could you suggest? Explain
Take any industry (from manufacturing sector or from service sector) or organsiation of your choice. What are the enviromental and ecological problems being generated? How could the
Are there any environmental problems generate by a BPO organisation? If so, what could these be? Discuss.
How can ‘service to society’ be a goal for business? Discuss.
How does the production and operations management function distinguish itself from the other functions of management?
The historical development of production and operations management thought has been briefly mentioned in this chapter. Can you project the future for the same?
Mention situations in (a) banking, (b) advertising, (c) agriculture, and (d) hoteliering where production and operations management is involved. Describe the inputs, outputs, processes, utilities.
What are the different types of production/operations systems? Where would each one of them be applicable? Give practical examples.
How is production management related to operations research and quantitative methods?
How has and how will the computer influence production and operations management?Discuss.
Is there a difference between the terms “production management” and “operations management”? If so, what is it?
What is the concept of “division of labour”? How is it applied to the assembly lines?
Can the above concept be applied to other “service” situations? Mention two such examples and elaborate.
How do long-term, intermediate and short-term decision vary? Discuss the differences in terms of their characteristics. Also discuss the increasing overlaps between these decisions.
Is the production and operations management function getting to be increasingly peoplecentric? If so, what may be the reasons?
Will ‘time’ be an important area of decision-making in the future? Reply in the context of the production and operations management function. Explain your response.
‘Historically, much of the developments in production and operations management discipline have centered on reduction of variability.’ Do you agree with this statement?Explain.
Looking at the economic history of nations, one may observe that those nations that emphasised ‘time’, such as England and Japan, industrialised rapidly. Others like India who did not much
What may be your prognosis for the future of the production and operations management discipline in general? Discuss.
In your opinion, where is India on the trajectory of the changing production and operations management function? Discuss.
Study any organisation(manufacturing or service, profit or non-profit, government or private) of your choice regarding the impact of technology in its operations. Study the past trends and the
Read books/articles on the history of Indian textile industry and its operations. What are your significant observations ?
‘Optimisation’ needs an objective. Optimisation for whom? What is the basic purpose behind optimisation? Should optimisation be limited to minimising costs and/or maximising profits to the
Is ‘profits’ the primary objective, or is it the ‘customer service’ that should be the primary objective guiding the company?
How should ‘efficiencies’ and ‘optimisations’ help towards fulfilling the organisation’s objectives?
What is corporate strategy? How is operations strategy related to the corporate strategy? Explain.
What are the various strategic actions possible from operations function? List them and discuss each of them.
How would operations strategy for a service industry be different, if any, from that for a manufacturing industry? Cite an example and explain.
Strategy may be the same, but the approaches could differ with differing results. Explain this statement with examples.
Explain Kenichi Ohmae’s ‘key success factors’ theory and discuss its relevance to manufacturing strategy.
Perform a SWOT analysis for your organisation. What strategic insights did you gain? Discuss.
How can you turn a ‘threat’ faced by your organisation into an ‘opportunity’ ? How will you overcome the ‘weaknesses’?
What is Michael Porter’s thesis in his Five Forces Model? Explain.
What is ‘flexibility’ in operations function? Can it be one of the strategic weapons? Explain your response.
How are people important in an operations strategy? Discuss what needs to be done in your organisation and in India, in general.

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