M.B.A-M.B.A 2nd Year Paper - II : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (Acharya Nagarjuna University - Center for Distance Education, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh-2013)

M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DEC. - 2013
Second Year
Paper - II : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Time : 03 Hours                                                                    Maximum Marks : 80

SECTION – A [3 × 5 = 15]
Answer any three of the following

1) a) Product selection

b) Capacity Planning

c) Batch production

d) Value engineering

e) A B C analysis

f) Management of waste

SECTION – B [3 × 15 = 45]
Answer any three of the following

2) What are different techniques of materials handling?

3) Explain the process of purchase procedure.

4) State the factors that influence the selection of facilities layout.

5) Discuss the significance of operations management.

6) Bring out the steps involved in quality assurance.

7) Elucidate the process of planning and control of projects.
SECTION – C [15]
(Compulsory)

8) Consider the following data on locating a new facility which has to serve 5 different existing
facilities. The coordinates of the existing facilities are (30, 20), (40, 50), (30, 30) ( 15, 30) and
(20, 40). The number of tons of material transported per year from the new facility to each of
the existing facilities is given below. Find the optimal X and Y coordinates of the new facility.

Existing facility

1 2 3 4 5

New facility 1000 980 1500 2000 1750