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Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Units 56 61 55 70 66 65 72 75
i.
Develop an exponential smoothing forecast using
α=0.4 and an adjusted exponential smoothing using
α=0.4 and β=0.20
ii. Compare the accuracy of two forecasts using MAD
and cumulative error
15. A manufacturing company has monthly demand for
one of its products as follows:
Month Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept
19. Find the trend using least square method for the date
below. Also estimate demand for 1984.
Demand in 85 75 80 72 65 60 55
1000 units
Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Actual 10 12 8 11 9 10 15 14 16 15
Demand
21. Project the trend of sales for the next four years.
Year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Actual 10 12 8 11 9 10 15 14 16 15
demand
Inventory management
1. Define inventory? Explain various functions of
inventory
2. Define inventory. What are the various types of
inventory? Why are they maintained?
3. Classify inventory models? Discuss briefly any one of
them?
4. What do you understand by the term ‘Economic Order
Quantity’? On what factors does it depend explain.
5. Explain the significance of EOQ formula. What are its
Limitations?
6. Explain P and Q systems of controlling the inventories
with neat diagrams
7. Write any seven differences between P and Q systems.
8. Explain various costs associated with inventory.
9. Explain the factors affecting the inventory costs.
10. Explain about ABC and VED analysis.
11. Compare VED analysis with ABC analysis.
12. Explain the logic of Material Requirement Planning
System? Explain with example
13. Explain about inputs and outputs of MRP system.
14. Write any four benefits of MRP.
15. What do you understand by BOM? Why they are
prepared and explain with an example.
16. Explain bills of material importance in production
control. How does it help in assembly production?
17. Explain the bill of material with design specification
chart.
18. How can load reports be used to develop material
requirement plans?
19. Explain about the MRP II system in detail?
20. The annual demand for an automobile component is
36000 units. The carrying cost is Rs. 0.50/unit/year, the
ordering cost is Rs.25.00 per order and the shortage
cost is Rs.15.00/unit/year. Find the optimal values of
the following:
i. Economic Ordering Quantity
ii. Maximum inventory
iii. Maximum shortage quantity
iv. Cycle time
21. Alpha industry estimates that it will sell 12000 units
of its product for the forthcoming year. The ordering
cost is Rs. 100 per order and the carrying cost per unit
per year is 20% of the purchase price per unit. The
purchase price per unit is Rs.50.Find
a. Economic Order quantity
b. No. Of orders per year
c. Time between successive orders.
22. If a product is to be manufactured within the
company, the details are as follows:
Annual demand rate, =24000 units
Production rate, =48000 units
Setup cost, =Rs. 200 per setup
Carrying cost,= Rs.20/unit/year.
Find the a) EOQ and b) Cycle time
23. A company requires 10000 units of an item per
annum. The cost of ordering is rs.100 per order. The
inventory carrying cost is 20%. The unit price of the
item is Rs.10. Calculate a) the economic order quantity
b) Optimal total annual cost c) time between the orders.
24. A factory needs 36000 units annually of a component
that cost Rs.2 per unit. Cost of each order placing is
Rs.25 and inventory carrying cost is Rs.10 per year.
a. Find the economic lot size and the total
inventory cost.
b. What is the time between placing of orders?
c. The supplier offers 2% discount if a single order
is placed. Should the company accept it?
Aggregate planning
1. What is difference between an aggregate plan and a
master production schedule?
2. What is aggregate planning and Explain various
objectives of aggregate planning
3. What is the need for aggregate planning and explain
various steps in aggregate planning?
4. Write its functions, merits and demerits of Aggregate
planning
5. What is aggregate planning? What are the different
approaches to aggregate planning? Explain.
6. Explain the concept of chase planning.
7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a
chase demand strategy for developing an aggregate
planning?
Routing
1. Define routing. Explain the routing procedure.
2. Discuss different routing procedures.
3. What are the important factors that affecting routing
procedure.
4. List out and explain the objectives of routing.
5. List out limitations of routing
6. What is the significance of routing? Explain about the
important components of routing sheets?
7. What is route sheet? How are they prepared?
8. Distinguish between route card and route sheet.
9. What is the importance of route sheet?
10. Describe route sheet with a suitable example.
Scheduling
1. What is scheduling? What are its objectives?
2. What are the reasons for scheduling? Explain how
scheduling improves the process of production control
significantly.
3. Explain the objectives of scheduling
4. Explain about forward and backward scheduling.
5. Explain about scheduling using different scheduling
norms.
6. Write about standard scheduling policies in detail?
7. Compare and contrast different scheduling policies.
8. List out various scheduling rules and Explain at least
three of them
9. Categorize various scheduling techniques and list
significance of each method briefly
10. Explain Johnson’s rule of scheduling the sequence of
jobs.
11. What is Gantt chart? Discuss the use of Gantt chart for
scheduling purpose with an example.
12. Explain about Scheduling techniques in brief and
explain about difference with loading in detail?
13. What is the significance of loading? Explain with the
help of machine load record.
14. Describe master scheduling?
15. What is line balancing? Explain line-balancing
procedure.
16. Explain various steps of line of balancing technique.
17. Explain the techniques of Line of Balancing process.
18. List out various heuristics for line balancing problem.
Explain any one heuristic in detail with example
19. Distinguish between Line Balancing and Line of
Balance.
20. A house-painting contractor has five houses to paint.
Following are the estimated times required to paint
each house and due date for completion.
A 2.5 8
B 4 10
C 3 7
D 5 14
E 2 16
A - 0.1
B A 0.4
C A 0.5
D - 0.2
E C, D 0.6
F B, E 0.4
A 12 52
B 16 37
C 8 28
D 20 57
E 6 31
A 5.5 8
B 6 16
C 3.5 16
D 5 20
E 4 24
Work A B C D E F G
element
Precedence - A B C C D,E F
Estimated time(days)
10 7 8 3
20 5 2 5
30 3 4 5
40 2 - -
50 1 - -
60 1 - -
From To Product
Product A B C D E
A - 4 7 - 4
B 4 - 6 3 4
C 7 6 - 7 -
D 3 3 7 - 6
E 4 6 4 5 -
Job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Processing 4 6 3 7 2 1 5 9
Time (hr)
Bomb 1 2 3 4 5
Time to dismantle 3 1 2 4 1
(hours)
Dispatching
1. What is dispatching? What is its significance?
Enumerate its advantages in production control.
2. Explain the dispatching procedure in detail.
3. Explain various activities of dispatcher
4. Explain dispatching rules.
5. Explain the necessity of close control in dispatching
activities?
6. List out various forms raised by dispatcher? Explain any
three with neat sketch
7. Give a list of records maintained by Dispatching
Department?
8. Describe advantages & disadvantages of dispatching
jobs all at once and operation by operation.
9. Compare & contrast dispatching centralized control Vs.
Dispatching decentralized control
10. Write advantages and disadvantages of dispatching–
centralized and decentralized
Expediting and Follow up
1. What is expediting and explain its importance in
production planning.
2. Explain about the duties of expediter?
3. Explain various types of expediting procedures
4. What is material follow up? What is the role of purchase
department in material follow up?
5. What are the objectives follow up?
6. Describe the activities in follow up or control phase of
PPC.
7. Explain about the types of follow up in detail?