M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017
Fourth Semester
MODERN PLANT MANAGEMENT
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A x 3 15)
Answer all questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain the benefits of cost-benefit analysis.
2. Explain batch scheduling.
3. What are the principles of waste management?
4. What are quality circles? Why are they important in a
company?
5. Write a note on time saving techniques.
Part B x 10 50)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
All questions carry equal marks.
6. Explain in detail the evaluation methods of plant
location.
Or
Describe the principles of modern plant
management.
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7. Discuss production planning and control strategies.
Or
Illustrate lay out design procedure with an example.
8. Give a detailed account on maintenance procedures
and the guidelines for effective maintenance.
Or
What do you mean by planning for logistics? And
explain the types of maintenance.
9. Discuss the significance and importance of Lean
manufacturing. How does it differ from Discrete
manufacturing technique?
Or
Highlight the developments in recent years in
industrial logistics and SCM citing examples.
10. Discuss the productivity improvement techniques of
a company manufacturing white goods.
Or
Explain the problems associated with improving
productivity. How to overcome them?
Part C 10 10)
Compulsory
11. A company contemplates for improvements in its
production facility which is usually accomplished at little
or no expenses, without sophisticated techniques or
expensive equipments. It focuses on the simplification by
breaking down complex processes into their sub-processes
and then improving them. So the company engaged
consultants to have some experiments before and after
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the improvements and modftications in process, data are
collected before and after modifications and on the basis
of these information's the cost and rejection levels of the
products are to be done. Some of kaizen improvements in
wire harness manufacturing companies and their effect
on cost and rejections levels were indentified and
rectified.
Problems were identified in excessive cycle time and poor
quality in resistor leg bending for resistor assembly and
irrax tube cutting and slitting. This problem is generally
found in the wire harness and companies on small scale
operation, the reason being Leg bending with nose plier.
Before the improvement the tube cutting and slitting
performing by scissors and using a plain scale for
measuring the length of the tube. The problems were in
Tube cut length variations, poor quality in slitting and
extra cycle time in tube cutting. Before improvement the
irrax tube were cut by scissors and measure with scale.
Questions:
What do you mean by Kaizen philosophy?
What were the problems faced by this company?
What kind of action you would suggest for each of
the problems identified using Kaizen method?
What are the tangible and intangible benefits you
would identify by using your services as a
consultant in such a company?
Would a similar action be suggested by you for a
large-sized company? If Yes/No why?
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