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15 marks Answer the following questions in brief. Support your answers with relevant examples: 1. What is operations management? Discuss the role of the operations manager and how OM is interrelated to other functional areas in an organization? 2. Discuss the role of production operations in SCM in detail. 3. Why supplier evaluation is very critical? Discuss the potential techniques of supplier evaluation and potential disadvantages of single and multi-sourcing. 4. Describe the importance of forecasting to the value chain. Explain basic concepts of forecasting and time series. 5. What is Quality in operations management? Discuss Quality Management, History of Quality. lQuality in Services and Manufacturing