Maharashi Dayanand University (MDU) 2007 M.B.A Business Administration PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - Question Paper

1.What is production management? explain the major short-term decisions of production
management.

2.Why are layout decisions called strategic decisions? explain the relative merits and demerits of line and functional layouts.

3.Explain the steps involved in capacity planning. How is capacity changed in long run?

4.Explain the concepts of aggregate planning and master production scheduling. elaborate the steps
in preparing aggregate plans?

5.What are the features of batch production? Taking a hypothetical example, discuss how is the
economic batch size determined?

6.Describe the procedure of work measurement. discuss the work sampling technique of work
measurement.

7.Discuss the objectives of purchasing management and its role in materials management. How does
it help in reducing the inventory costs?

8.Write short notes on:
(a) Economic order volume
(b) Maintenance management

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