University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur: Group-A
University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur: Group-A
University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur: Group-A
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University Examination
MBA, 2nd year, 4th Semester
Subject Code-POM404 Total Marks – 100
Subject-Logistic and Supply Chain Management Time Duration –3hrs.
All the answers should be in brief and to the point.
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Group-A
(Answer any fifteen questions) [15*1=15]
1. Choose the correct option:
a. Henry Fayol is also known as the father of
i) Scientific approach to management
ii) Functional approach to management
iii) Behavioural approach to management
iv) Administrative approach to management
b. Which of the following gives suggestions for new product and also helps to market new
products?
i) Existing products and services
ii) Distribution channels
iii) Federal government
iv) Consumers
c. Which of the following is NOT an unethical business practice:
i) Falsification of Data
ii) Banner Advertisement
iii) Plagiarism
iv) Exaggeration of products benefits
d. The emphasis of Behavioural approach to Management is to:
i) Motivate the workers to produce better by giving them incentives
ii) View workers as mechanism to production
iii) Insist on strict adherence to rules
iv) Break up of management process into individual units
e. Narrow Span of Control leads to
i) Flat Structure
ii) Mechanistic Structure
iii) Tall Structure
iv) All of the above
f. Commissioning of a project
i) precedes installation of the projects
ii) succeeds installation of the projects
iii) has no relationship with installation of the projects
iv) the relationship depends on specific situation
g. Which software is used in production and Operations management?
i) PRIMAVERA
ii) MS PROJECT
iii) SPSS
iv) All of these
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Group-B
(Answer any five questions) [5*5=25]
Group-C
(Answer any four questions) [4*15=60]
11. a. There are 5 jobs each of which must go through 2 machines A and B:
Job 1 2 3 4 5
Machine A 5 1 9 3 10
Machine B 2 6 7 8 4
Determine a sequence for 5 jobs that will minimize the total elapsed time.
b. State briefly Johnson’s Rule in scheduling.
c. A company manufacturing electrical control panels uses 4000 toggle switches a year. It
costs approximately Rs.30000.00 to prepare an order and receive it. Carrying costs are
40 per cent of purchase price per unit on annual basis. Determine the optimal order
quantity and total annual cost considering switches are priced as follows :
Range of Order Unit price (Rs.)
1 to 499 90.00
500 to 999 85.00
1000 and above 80.00 6+3+6
12. a. Define Management.
b. Describe the Concept of Maslow’s Hierarchy?
c. Compare and contrast the classical approach and human relations approach to
management thought. 2+4+9
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13. a. What are the various costs associated inventory management? Explain why ordering
costs decrease with increase in inventory.
b. As a production manager state the reasons why you need a good plant location. What
factors should be considered while selecting a suitable location of a plant?
c. Define briefly the concept of JIT. 5+6+4
14. a. What are control charts? State its types.
b. 10 samples, each of size 50 of a pipe were inspected in pressure testing. The result is
given below:
Sample no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of Defectives 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 2 3
Draw a p-chart and state your conclusions. 5+10
15. a. A Company has got a demand for particular part at 10,000 units per year. The cost per
unit is Rs. 2 & it costs Rs. 36 to place an order and to process the delivery. The inventory
carrying cost is estimated at 9% of average inventory investment.
Determine:
i) Economic order quantity. (EOQ)
ii) Optimum no. of orders placed per annum.
iii) Minimum total cost of inventory per annum.
b. Define TQM and EBS. 9+6
16. a. Define the ABC analysis with illustration
b. Develop an ABC classification for a store with the following data:
Item No. Average monthly Price/u
demand nit
1 1500 20
10 500 10